After some uproar from residents of Mocha/Arcadia over Broad Street squatters being relocated to their East Bank Demerara community, in a dramatic turn of events last evening, a Barnwell North representative extended open arms to them.
“I want to start by saying to you that I have gotten the blessings from my community to embrace and stand in solidarity with your community. When we embrace you, we’re embracing the government’s plan to eradicate poverty,” Vanessa O Donohue, Chairperson of the Barnwell North Committee stated last evening at the Ketley Primary School in Charlestown.
But Barnwell’s views aren’t necessarily the views of the Mocha/Arcadia Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) which governs the area, although the NDC’s Chairman did admit that ultimately, the council is there to represent the views of the community members.