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Diplomats meet Ramotar on Linden

Jul 22, 2012 News

President Donald Ramotar expressed his concerns over Linden, yesterday, and urged that it be restored to normalcy so that discussions on the electricity tariffs and other issues can move forward.
These concerns were made known to the entire Diplomatic Community during a meeting with the Head of State at the Office of the President earlier yesterday during which investments and the business climate in the mining community were raised.
On Friday night Digicel and a number of other places in Linden were looted.
Meanwhile President Ramotar on Friday at a press conference stated that the level of unrest which has accelerated over the past days has caused the entire township of Linden to be destabilised.
“In fact the entire region has been also affected,” the President said adding that the communities of Kwakwani and Ituni have been unable to access emergency medical care, fuel and food. The interior Regions have also been affected by what is taking place in Linden.”
Noting that Bosai Company employs more than 500 persons, he said that it has been closed for the last few days and the company has indicated that it is reconsidering further expansion of its business.
“I have been in discussion with Mr. Walker of the Toucan Connections, the call centre in Linden which employs almost 150 persons, and which also has been likewise affected, and which could lose overseas contracts if this situation continues.”
President Ramotar observed that the domestic business sector in Linden is also being affected since many workers are afraid to come to work and prefer to stay in the safety of their homes.
“In my discussion with the Regional Chairman, Mr. Sharma Solomon I have stressed that Linden will suffer a great setback if these developments are not brought to an end soon. I also wish to emphasise that the Linden community is being, and has been terribly and deliberately misinformed by some extremists and well known political activists with regard to the recently introduced tariff increases,” he stressed. (GINA)

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