Over seventy Guyanese participated in the launch of the People’s Parliament in the park next to Parliament Building, in the midst of the Linden crisis, some three weeks after the police shooting of unarmed protesters, a press release said this week.
As the sun set a few women gathered in the park at High Street, between Brickdam and Hadfield Streets, and two tents and several banners were set up. During the evening and night, more and more people gathered- lawyers, writers, teachers, artists, activists, and random passers-by curious about what was going on.
By the end of the night over seventy Guyanese had participated in the launch of the People’s Parliament which aims to “engage Guyanese of all backgrounds in a collective public interrogation of the