PEOPLE’S Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Region 5 Representative and Education Minister Priya Manickchand has noted that the party’s campaign materials, such as PPP/C flags, posters and billboards, were completely destroyed, ripped down or tampered with over the last 18 hours throughout Region 5 (Mahaica-Berbice).
“This thuggery and bullyism speaks of intolerance for freedom of expression and association that has no place in a 2015 Guyana. It is reminiscent of an era where persons were jailed and killed for holding and expressing a political view. It comes on the heels of embarrassing displays of disorder exhibited by the PNC/APNU/AFC on Nomination Day where rules were broken and people affected,” Manickchand declared.
Vandalism of political posters and election campaign materials are unacceptable actions.
Destruction of the materials shows, among other things, the desperation of the activists.