The AFC has condemned the police’s use of force in Tuesday’s faceoff with APNU protesters in their quest to have the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) supply Statements of Poll (SOPs) from the elections, which up to last night had not been delivered.
“We wish to denounce in the strongest possible terms the use of force, or excessive force by the police against the protesters belonging to APNU. We believe that the right to protest is a sacred and sacrosanct right which should not be violated,” AFC leader Raphael Trotman said at a party press conference at its headquarters in Campbellville yesterday.
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