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People’s Parliament determined not to be “bullied”
The members of the People’s Parliament, on Thursday, conducted a petition outside the Ministry of Housing and Water on Brickdam. The protest was over the Minister’s persistence to have them removed from the newly constructed park opposite Public Buildings.
The members of the People’s Parliament are of the opinion that “the Minister should be focusing on providing senior citizens and others who have been on the waiting list for years, a plot of land and potable water, and not worry about the trivial things”.
According to Leonard Craig, they “will not be moved by the Minister’s bullying, and will continue to advocate in the interest of the people of Guyana.”
The protesters in front of the Ministry of Housing and Water
The Ministry of Housing’s Central Housing and Planning Authority sent a notice to the People’s Parliament, giving the people 72 hours to remove all belongings from and around the park.
Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, had said that the People’s Parliament was destroying the newly done lawn and taking away from the beauty of the park. The city was being steered into a tourist destination, and that the park would become one of the city’s highlights, CHPA said. The group was even accused of littering and defacing the park.
However, Craig explained that the People’s Parliament is really on the pavement and not on the park, and that since the space is open to the public, its members would usually make use of the seating available.
He added that even if the park was not there, the People’s Parliament still would have been.
Craig also told Kaieteur News that the People’s Parliament will soon become “mobile”, as its members will be traveling to different parts of the country, to listen to the plight of its entire people.
They will still however, meet opposite Parliament Building twice a month.
Meanwhile, commenting on the Minister’s comments on the “old shoes”, Sherlina Nageer, noted that they are not just old shoes; they are those of persons who have been “murdered” by the police. Those shoes were yesterday aligned on the lawns of the Ministry during the protest. A pair of “fine man” Rawlings’s shoes were among them.
The protesters yesterday reiterated that “they will not be moved” by the Minister’s “bullying”.
After receiving the notice, The People’s Parliament had approached the High Court with an injunction challenging the removal order.
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