The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) yesterday called on the Joint Services to ensure the restoration of order on the East Coast and West Berbice corridors.
At various times since Sunday, protests have erupted over the gruesome murder of Isaiah and Joel Henry. These protests have also seen attacks on commuters, robberies and a choking off traffic along the thoroughfare. The ERC in a statement yesterday said that it is cognisant of the challenges and complexities that resulted in protest actions that followed the deaths of the Henry cousins and Haresh Singh and Prittipaul Hargobin.
“The Commission congratulates the Joint Services for exercising considerable restraint while encountering rising adversity in its efforts to restore normalcy. However, the ERC remains deeply concerned at the atrocities being committed during those protests which have been unhelpful to efforts of improving race relations in Guyana”, the ERC added.