Rohee downplays Letter Kenny protest

Clement Rohee

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday downplayed the significance of the protest by Letter Kenny, Corentyne residents over the frequent number of road fatalities.

The death of Reena Devi Singh, 18, of Letter Kenny Village, who was struck by a car, sparked a protest on Sunday evening, during which angry residents torched the vehicle.

“I would wish to not entertain the linking of political issues with clearly an issue relating to an accident,” Rohee told a news conference at Freedom House yesterday after being asked whether a