Police intervention in protest was political

Dear Editor,
Last Saturday I was looking at a protest by PPP supporters outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on YouTube. From my observation, it was peaceful and the participants were obeying the COVID-19 rules. These people had the right to protest against a caretaker Government which refused entry of The Carter Centre team. It was alarming to see so many policemen appearing at the scene, some wearing riot gear, and they broke up a peaceful protest. I noticed one person being arrested for reasons unknown. I am sure this was a call made by someone in the caretaker Government. These people weren’t rioting or carrying weapons. They were exercising their democratic rights.
The police should be embarrassed of themselves for their actions because it was seen all over the world. I had never seen such a thing in my adopted country in the past forty-four years.

With regards,
Kenneth Singh