Hinterland residents who are not aligned to the ruling party are treated unfairly- AFC PM Candidate

Georgetown : An Alliance For Change team, comprising Prime Ministerial Candidate Mrs. Sheila Holder and Hinterland Coordinator, Martin Cheong visited the community of Orealla/Siparuta, Region 6 recently and claimed that persons with no connection to the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) are being discriminated against.

According to Holder, residents complained that PPP supporters in the community have easy access to farm lands while others do not. It is clear that the partisan approach as well as ineptitude of the PPP apparatus in Orealla has divided the community. The AFC unequivocally condemns this form of political favoritism which is clearly abrasive to the norms and practices of democratic rule.

The AFC will investigating officers of the Guyana Police Force frivolously lock up persons and subsequently demand substantial bail to release them.

The team was surprised to discover that all cellular phones being used by Orealla and Siparuta residents are from Suriname. The only communication contact villagers have is with Suriname radio. The GT&T public phone in Orealla has been down for some time.