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The Cuffy 250 organization has issued a press statement declaring a postponement of the forum previously scheduled for Sunday, August 21, 2022. The press statement reads as follows;
A letter to the editor from the Office of the AG has raised a serious question which the
organization has never had to deal with since its first forum in 2013 on the state of African
Guyanese.
The basic question is simply this:
“Is it now unconstitutional and illegal to hold a virtual forum on the state of African
Guyanese titled Resisting the Emerging Apartheid State?”
Cuffy250 Committee is fully aware of views about the title that follow parallel but widely
separate tracks. One track, for a host of reasons, holds the view that the title is TOO HARSH
and totally inappropriate. The other track sees the title as TOO WEAK and unfocused. It could
have been, for a different set of reasons, “Resisting the Existing Apartheid Conditions.”
The forum since 2013 has had panelists fully discuss the state (condition) of
African Guyanese without censure. The unexpected threat implied by the Office of the AG
signals that something has emerged that was never there before 2022.
In light of the AG’s threat, Cuffy250 is consulting its lawyers on whether the
AG’s letter jeopardizes the right to free speech. Given this development, Cuffy 250 announces
that the conference is postponed until August 28, 2022 to clarify this basic question.
