CARICOM Must Save Guyana From Destruction

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One Caribbean Nation.

National Flag of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana

The Mahogany Coconut Group is deeply disturbed by the emerging post-election violence in Guyana. Reports from Georgetown reveal there have been four brutal murders to date. The revelation that both Afro and  Indo Guyanese have been victims, indicate that unless there is a swift political and judicial response to these atrocities, the violence that is not unknown to the good people of Guyana would not only continue but could escalate.

CARICOM /regional leaders , who were deeply involved in the issues surrounding pre-election Guyana, must now let their voices be heard , and apply the needed pressure to ensure that this violence, does not become the undoing of the country. They must ensure that those, both in government and opposition, present a national unified front against violence, especially rooted in racial and political differences. Exploiting racial and political differences to further opportunistic agendas, will only destroy the Cooperative Republic Guyana, at a time when it seems to be poised to achieve tremendous economic gains.

Guyana must be for all Guyanese, and those who continue to engineer racial strife will have blood on their hands if Guyana is socially, economically, and politically destroyed.

Enough said for now!


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