Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green says this month is a good time to put a stop to every type of discrimination as this will assist to create conditions of peace and love.
Moreover, the Georgetown mayor said that Emancipation Day this year “should allow us to openly and freely discuss the perception that sections of the Afro-Guyanese community are being unfairly treated.”
Green noted that some are languishing in the prisons while no effort is being made to have them tried, but he called on everyone to band together to rid the society of all criminal activity.
And making a case that August, with a number of historical events, must be regarded as a significant month for Afro-Guyanese, he said this period offers a “chance for deep, serious reflection to analyze what is happening to this section of the population, and by prayers and unity resolve to change the sorry scheme of things.”
And the Georgetown mayor called on the Guyana government to “show proper respect for the Afro-Guyanese community” by moving to have a monument erected and unveiled at Independence Square (Parade Ground) to honour the 33-plus African martyrs who were executed there. Green recalled that the government had made such a promise on August 1, 2000 when the Head of State and other dignitaries witnessed a turning of the sod ceremony there.
