Guyana civil unrest spirals out of control

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Published on Tuesday, 07 August 2012 11:51

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Georgetown, Guyana (GINA): Criminal activities are reportedly spiraling out of control in Linden, Guyana, as some protestors continue to hold their ground. According to the government, political experts and newspaper columnists are of the opinion that opposition forces are using Lindeners as pawns in a plot to win mileage out of the volatile situation which started off as a peaceful protest three weeks ago against the proposed phased electricity tariff hike in the bauxite town.

“You have elements who I suspect are utilising the protest activity for their own benefit and their own gain… the question is what control the leadership still has in Linden,” Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Parliamentarian Joseph Hamilton said in a three-man panel discussion on the National Communications Network (NCN) on Saturday. 

Police have arrested three persons in connection with robberies in the Rockstone area, where motorists were ambushed after stopping at a section of a main road that was apparently purposely destroyed.  On Saturfay, vehicles transporting fuel and other supplies to frontier communities were vandalised in their attempts to pass the logs, and debris and other objects used by protestors to create blockades on the Linden thoroughfare. Truck drivers and other motorists are reportedly being held to ransom while persons unknown to the town are being interrogated before passage is granted.

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