Where were these leaders when the shooting started?

Dear Editor,

My blood boiled when I read the headline of Kaieteur news of July 19, 2012 which screamed, “Linden protest turns deadly, four dead two dozen injured.” The political opposition APNU and AFC were not indicating that the protest which began on Wednesday was likely to come into being.
Surely those who protested were supporters of both the APNU and AFC. The question which I ask is, “Were the people of Linden entitled to the leadership of APNU and AFC in this protest?” How is it that no leader of APNU and AFC was in the forefront to face the volley of bullets and protect the people.
I remember well the assault at the Office of the President when the people marched all the way from as far as Belladrum on the West Coast of Berbice.
When the march reached New Garden Street, Robert Corbin lost his way and somehow found himself in the vicinity of the Ministry of Finance when the volley of bullets were fired at his comrades at New Garden Street. It is not the citizens who were shot and killed that day it was the PNC which lost its life.
Again I recall the killing of Mc Kinnon in the vicinity of Freedom House. Where were the leaders of the PNC? I recall well, after the Lusignan massacre the people were marching for Georgetown. I learnt that the police were going to fire at the crowd to ensure that the march did not reach Georgetown.
In the vicinity of Beterverwagting I noticed that the police had taken up battle position. I tried to turn back the march and placed myself between the marchers and the police and the marchers, women were crying and stating that they intended to die that day.
It only when Dr Ram the dentist at Annandale came that the people halted. He knew many of them personally. We were not leaders of anyone.
Where were the old soldiers, Granger, Collins and Harmon, where was the former Commission of Police Felix, where were lovers of people Benschop and Kissoon, where were the champions of black rights David Hinds Lincoln Lewis, where was Ramjattan? I spit upon them all.
The people of Linden must not allow these Honourable gentlemen and their cohorts to swim in political power in the tide of African blood.
Vic Puran

I wonder why the PPP did not hike the rates just before the elections or when they were a majority?

The instigators were busy posting on blogs, writing in newspapers, shouting their lungs off, in GT, safe and far away from the bullets and tear gas.

I wonder why there was such a big subsidy in the first place.

I wonder why Guysuco is so massively subsidized and why Guyana taxpayers are on hock for a huge and unprofitable factory in Skeldon.  INDIANS!!!!  Thats your response even though you will never admit it.

Tax payers in other parts of the country outside of Linden(GUYSUCO workers including) paid $204,000 per household in electricity subsidy for the people of Linden last year alone

The regime's antiman big mouths looking over the precipice and seeing a future picking fare in GT looming . . . not pretty!

Therefore, expect the race noise to amp up considerably in coming days . . . Cde Singh, Cde Misir, et al, working overtime churning out 'Division & Hate' talking points for the hustlin' OP big batty crew.

Pimpin' indeed!!

 The gall of this racist government! this is not for the people of Linden consumption. Take this to linden and they will stone your propagandist behind. This is to rile up the rabid racist. I am sure someone will post a response to this with the faces of the kid you murdered and the faces of the people you shot so you can know why the above happened.

Taxpayers, Lindeners included, have paid billions of dollars to prop up Guysuco.

If Guysuco is profitable, and not in need of govt subsdies, why not privatize it.  Surely the revenues from the sale will bring in much needed revenue for the govt.

But no. When Grainger said privatize Guysuco, you all called him an anti Indian racist, knowing full well that it would leaqd to massive hardship as the new owners sought to curb losses.

Yet for BLACK people you all sing a different tune.

So here is what I suggest.  Privatize Guysuco, and when the new owners impoverish the workers, who then seek to block roads, then send you goons it to mow them down when they refuse to move.....which they will because refusing to follow police orders has been the tradition of protesting sugar workers since such protests begam.

Point is, Lindeners are not entitled to subsidized rates no more or less than the sugar workers.  No sugar worker was personally benefiting from subsidy.  Granting BOSAI tax breaks and duty concessions are the type of subsidy which will help keep the firm viable.  Subsidize power for wholesale conspicuous consumption is not the correct use of subsidy.

Guysuco should be privatized.

WHAT AN UNPROFITABLE FACTORY HAS TO DO WITH A 955 SUBSIDY OF ELECTRICITY????? GROW A DAMN BRAIN!!!

Nehru do yourself a favor and dont respond to my posts.  You are on ignore.

Wasn't it cock-eyed Conraj who introduced the whole notion of race in Linden?

Racism is too far up your stinking arse for you to understand the importance of Sugar to Guyana's economy hence your comparison with Bauxite which is on the decline worldwide. You should get off your couch in the US and find an investor that's will to invest in GUYSUCO instead of always seeing things through the prism of race.  Bloody dolt.

ummmm, NO . . . antiman

Albertus....lets see how you get to 1700G per household. That is the primary number you put out. Try classic accounting for a bit. If you do not know what I mean check out the invention of the noble friar Pacioli  and tell us the source/ origin and destination of the transaction or as bean counters say the credits and debits. Surely the government had to pay someone and got the money from some place ie an allocation for said sum by the finance minister.

LOL! The Pimp Pimp Party pimping Aunty Alberti for free.

How important cxan sugar be if Guysuco is a huge loss maing company, despite the massive amounts invested in it.

Here is the difference between Linden and sugar, few Indians libve in Linden and most who work in sugar are Indians....hence your pathetic excuse foir subsidizing sugar yet singing a different tune for Linden.

If subsidizing Linden is wrong so is subsidizing Guysuco.

PRIVATIZE GUYSUCO and then ignore the plight of those who suffer as a result.  After all this is what you did to Linden.

JACKASS! The Bauxite companies in Linden were unprofitable and plagued by a litany of woes and were thus privatized. Privatization started after the PNC's failed management. Why should we carry that albatross around our neck just so we could keeps you guys on the welfare programme.

Tell you what if sugar is so profitable why dont you all privatize it instead of supporting its huge losses.  Clearly you all lack the expertise to run it.

Oh but you know that thousands of Indians will be out of work as the new owners close down its unprofitable operations and right size its laborforce and mechanize aspects of its operations.

Different strokes for different folks. Then you all cry and scream when 95% of the African/mixed population REJECT THE PPP!

there were no burning until the ppp police shoot the people,so i wonder who cause all the problem,all what the people was doing was making a statment and then they would have gone back to their life but the ppp had to send their dogs to shoot the people now they must pay the price i hope the people of linden keep up this protest until the goverment bow

Having said this APNU and the AFC should be in Linden to ensure that the legitimate complaints of the people of Linden arent sidelined by criminal elements who are taking advantage of the instability.  Some provision ha sto be made for those in the interior who need access thru Linden for urgent supplies. Its not fair that they bear the burden of Rohee and Ramotar and their racist incompetence.

why must you get suppy to them,there are a part of this as well as the whole country,if they raise their voice againist the goverment when wrong is commit then i say they should not be punish,but by being silent they aloud the crimes to be commit if the people is protesting then they have to do so in such a way the goverment have to act so i say close down the whole country until this goverment know that they have  answer to the people without trying to be a bully, guyana need changes and those police must be charge for murder