Opinion

We must strive to protect our democratic gains

Dear Editor, I thought I was alone in thinking that Clement Rohee, the Minister of Home Affairs, is living on another planet, when he said recently that people in Guyana were “more interested in the barrels that were coming from abroad than torture,” speaking of two Guyanese, reportedly in the hands of the security forces .

The people must protest against torture

Dear Editor, As sickening and as repulsive as I find the Home Affairs Minister’s recent remark that Guyanese are not as concerned about torture as they are about where their next meal is coming from, I think that the statement itself may well be an important wake-up call to a large segment of the population.

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