As part of its response to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) resolution issued on July 21 concerning the Chinese Landing Village, the Government of Guyana has announced its decision to temporarily end all mining there as it engages the Toshao and council on the way forward.
This announcement was contained in a release yesterday from the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance (MPAG). This, it explained, was in response to the claims contained in the IACHR resolution where it was mentioned that residents of the community did not feel safe passing through mining concessions to conduct their lawful activities. In fact this very concern was stated in a letter to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira dated July 29, in which Chinese Landing Village Toshao, Orin Fernandes, stated that steps which require immediate attention included “mining activity must stop.” The release also noted that the decision to halt mining was as a direct result of the ongoing communication between the Government of Guyana through the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance and the Chinese Landing Village Council through Toshao Fernandes.