Dear Editor,
APA Violating the Rights of Indigenous People of Guyana while having a representation of two or NIL
I am once again at loss as to why the APA is continuously violating the rights if our Indigenous brothers and sisters and trying to conceal their agenda. They have now submitted a complaint to ART to stop the sale of credits and suspend the program. This is a violation of the rights of indigenous people. I wish to state the following facts
Representation of Villages
In my previous article I call on the APA to list the villages, CDC and Satellites communities who they are representing. There maybe two or none out of over 240, so who are they speaking on behalf. You cannot make a complaint under the ambit of representing the whole of Guyana Indigenous people when in fact the people have not given you the mandate to do so and you have no evidence to prove otherwise. I hope the ART Secretariat dismiss the claim. This is just a violation of my right and thousands of indigenous people’s right. I as an indigenous leader and person is calling on the ART Secretariat to dismiss the claim. I have not given APA the right to make a complaint on my behalf.
Land Titling
APA is making it out that land titling is a top priority of the APA. The question that the APA needs to answer was why this was hidden under the table and never spoken out when during the period May 2015 to August 2020 nothing was being done on Land Titling for Indigenous Communities. This is a shameful mis representation by the APA. Where the rights of indigenous people not violated during that period.
Dismissal of 2000 Amerindian CSO
One wonders whether there are any Amerindians OR Indigenous people within the APA. Soon after the APNU/AFC Government took office over 2000 Amerindians CSO were sent home. Was this not violation of the rights of indigenous young people. Why was the APA silent, and never speak out on this violation of rights of the CSOs.
Revision of the Amerindian Act
Can the APA explain or tell the public what was done in relation to the revision of the Amerindian Act during the APA Government 2015-2020. Leading members of the APA with legal background were employed at the Ministry OF Indigenous People and yet no attempt was made to revise the ACT. I call on the APA to tell the public why the big fuss not to revise the Act and when you had a majority in Parliament nothing was done or propose. Whose right were being violated then? Only the APA knows. There are many more cases of double standard being practice by the APA and now trying to take bread from Amerindians mouth.
Sincerely,
Peter Persaud
President TAAMOG
