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CGID calls on African Guyanese, other groups facing discrimation by govt to halt joining GDF or deployment to border until govt ends discrimnatory policies
The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) is calling on the African Guyanese population in Guyana, and other groups, which face racial and political discrimination by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government, to withhold their relatives from joining the Guyna Defence Force (GDF) or deployment to the Guyana/Venezuela border” until the racist government take steps to end its discriminatory policies and create an atmosphere of national unity and domestic tranquility.”
In a release, the United-States based CGID says the organisation believes that a Total Defense of Guyana strategy can only be achieved if there is national unity in Guyana, stating its view that national unity is currently absent because the racist PPP regime has the African Guyanese population under subjugation.
“Considering the racist and divisive policies and practices of the PPP government, CGID has therefore adopted the following position on the Guyana Venezuela border controversy:
- We agree that any government of Guyana must do everything in its power to protect Guyana’s territorial integrity. Our territorial integrity is sacrosanct and non-negotiable.
- We believe that the nation must be united in this position as well as on a national defense strategy, and that every citizen must play a role in promoting and espousing this mission.
- CGID will however not support any initiative of the PPP government unless and until this racist regime immediately:
(I). Ceases its agenda of racial discrimination against African Guyanese, ceases the diminution of patriotism and nationalism as an opposition characteristic, and promotes the spirit of patriotism throughout the nation as a national imperative.
(II). Implements equitable governance; uses the oil revenues equitably to develop all regions, towns and communities and implement policies that can attain inclusive growth.
(III). Withdrawal of malicious, politically motivated criminal charges against African Guyanese Members of Parliament, GECOM officials, former Police officers, and other Black citizens.
(IV). Stop using the Guyana Police Force to target personal and political enemies of Bharrat Jagdeo and others in the PPP regime, and remove the unqualified, illegally appointed Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken.
(V). Ceases the seizure of African Guyanese lands, and satisfactorily and amicably permanently settles the land dispute with the residents of Mocha, Hill Foot, and other communities, and immediately restores the land that was unlawfully taken away from the African Guyanese American businessman at Liliendaal.
(VI). Makes the Parliament meaningful by establishing a bipartisan management committee and signing an agreement to bring up all outstanding opposition questions and resolutions for discussion immediately and to place such future questions on the order paper within 15 days of their submission. We note that the speaker blatantly rejected all efforts by the Opposition to have critical national issues discussed in parliament.
(VII). Immediately appoints the opposition nominees to State boards as required by law.
(VIII). Immediately confirms the Chancellor of the Judiciary and the Chief Justice to genuinely establish and preserve the independence of the Judiciary.
(IX). Immediately implements diversity in the appointment of departments and division heads in the Guyana Police Force.
(X). Immediately restore the subvention to IDPADA-G, and Critchlow Labour College, and ceases all efforts to destroy African Guyanese organisations, coops, and other entities.
(XI). Immediately commences the consultations with the Parliamentary Opposition as is mandated by the constitution.
(XII) Immediately commences the repatriation of Venezuelans back to Venezuela to protect Guyana’s national security. Announces a moratorium on accepting Venezuelan refugees and allows an audit of Birth Certificates issued to Venezuelan nationals.
- CGID calls on the opposition political parties and civil society to adopt this initiative for national unity to help bring about an inclusive democracy.
CGID asserts “if the PPP does not take steps to end its racism and racial discrimination against African Guyanese, African Guyanese members of the Guyana Defence Force should make way for those in the racist Ali-Jagdeo government, their children and other family members and their supporters to put on the GDF uniforms to fight Venezuela to defend Guyana, which they demonstrate through their ethnic supremacy agenda belongs to them alone.”
