Reply to "Sugar workers and their children protest."

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I am in solidarity with sugar workers. I support peaceful picketing. However, the workers must also protest responsibly. Putting little children in the frontline as human shields is dangerous. Only yesterday Granger urged his soldiers to maintain internal security in the face of Jagdeo's call to bring out PPP foot soldiers. If the armed forces decide to disperse protesters with teargas, those kids will suffer.

As I mentioned some time ago, I participated in exactly 20 demonstrations in the 1970s-'80s in Guyana. None of them involved little children. That was not the Cheddi Jagan way.

PPP-GAWU do not need kids to dramatize their protests. Anyone with a heart knows that the closure of sugar estates will affect thousands of children's welfare. I urge the organizers to rethink.

3/10/1710:15 AM

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