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Reply to "PPP using Guyana Chronicle (again) to promote Race Hate; Ramotar quietly acquiescent . . . Bar Association sounds ALARM"

AFC speaks out against racist Chronicle editorial

By Editorial Board

July 13, 2012

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Statement on Chronicle Editorial of July 3rd

 

The Alliance for Change (AFC) joins the Roman Catholic Church and all right-thinking Guyanese, including non-resident Guyanese, in condemning the racist and divisive editorial penned in the Guyana Chronicle of July 3rd last.

 

While we commend the acts of dismissal of the writer of the offensive editorial, Ms Parvati Persaud-Edwards, and suspension of the editor, Rashid Osman, for his dereliction of duty, this has not gone far enough.  The AFC demands a full retraction of the editorial by the Chronicle and an apology to all Guyanese, and in particular, to African-Guyanese.   Also, in his capacity as Minister of Information, we demand a statement on the issue from President Ramotar.

 

Under the PPP today, there is a prevalence of heinous anonymous writings, including scurrilous personal attacks on our citizens in the state media and on internet blogs.  This is totally unacceptable and must stop. The most shameless thing about this is that taxpayers’ money is used in this enterprise; we are paying for the fomenting of division in our own society and for attacks on ourselves!

 

As such, there must be immediate reform in the state media apparatus along the lines of how the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) operates. We demand its immediate depolitisation and the establishment of a new board drawn from distinguished resident and non-resident Guyanese to oversee its operations.  Finally, all hate internet blog sites, whether pro-government or opposition must be also shut down, with immediate effect. [END]

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