Georgetown : A Partnership for National Unity (A.P.N.U.) condemns the unprovoked police assault against unarmed, protesters. The Partnership has extended condolences to the relatives of the three men who were shot dead in Linden on yesterday. More than two dozen other persons were injured, some of them seriously.
High level APNU representatives, including the Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger, have seen victims of the police shooting and it is evident that both pellets and live ammunition had been used indiscriminately. There was no evidence that adequate warning was given to the protestors to disperse. It is clear that the Linden protest was a peaceful and lawful assembly and there was no attempt by the police to adhere to the principle of minimum force.
APNU holds the PPP/C administration wholly responsible for the murderous attacks on citizens exercising their fundamental constitutional rights. APNU calls on the President, Mr. Donald Ramotar, to immediately cease the security forces’ aggressive operations against unarmed residents and to suspend the officer-in-charge and the ranks alleged to have been involved in the shooting.
In the present climate, APNU calls for restraint on all sides and urges Lindeners to maintain the focus of their peaceful legitimate protest.
APNU has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly requesting an emergency sitting of the Assembly to address the Linden crisis.
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