Church, PSC call for peace as tension mounts

Amid challenges and concerns over the current electoral process in Guyana, local bodies are coming forward, calling for peace and expressing concern. The latest to come out was the Roman Catholic Church and the Private Sector Commission.

The RC Church said that people are dying, people are being wounded, children are being traumatised, property is being destroyed and the nation is gripped in fear. This, they noted, is much too high a cost for a national election and for a nation at any time.

“There are no words strong enough to express the gravity of the situation and

the urgency for it to end. To all accounts, the way forward for the restoration of peace and hope rests with a small group of persons who have been tasked with managing the whole election process. I add my voice to the many others in making strong appeal to the Guyana Elections Commission to expeditiously complete the verification process towards the transparent, formal and lawful declaration of results,” the Church said in a statement.
The statement also called for persons to be obedient of the laws and work collectively for a better Guyana.
Meanwhile, the PSC statement read, “The Private Sector Commission recognises the constitutional rights of Guyanese to peaceful protest. We condemn all forms of violent protest, destruction of public infrastructure and attack on people and children that took place on March 6, 2020. We call on all stakeholders to comply with the Constitution and laws of Guyana”.