The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday said that it has been made aware of and condemns in the strongest possible manner a public statement broadcast on the platform of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), at which the Leader of the Opposition was participating.
In a statement, the PSC said that the statement was an “undisguised, deliberate and ugly attempt to promote insurrection against the elected Government of the day”.
It further charged that the WPA statement is yet another attempt to pursue and advocate racial confrontation and conflict.
“The statement by the WPA, a former member of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), is utterly irresponsible and completely reckless and must be rejected out of hand by every citizen of our country”, the PSC.
The umbrella business body says that it fully and unreservedly supports Attorney General, Anil Nandlall and President Irfaan Ali in condemning this attempt to create political mayhem and economic instability in the country.
The PSC called upon the leadership of every political party in the country to condemn and reject this kind of political behaviour aimed at threatening the peace and security of the nation.
In its own statement, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that it has absolutely no tolerance for any agent or agency desirous of inciting racial tensions, hostility or ill-will against any person of a specific gender, class or race.
“The Chamber would also like to emphatically state that violence, and the urging of violence, has no place in a modern and democratic society.
“It is disheartening and appalling to see a fossilized way of thinking being resurrected and urgings in the direction of sowing havoc, disharmony and the destabilization of our democracy. There is no place for this type of behaviour in the landscape of Guyana. The rule of law should be respected and obeyed by all citizens”, the Chamber said.
