In its message to mark the country’s 43rd independence anniversary the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) said that it is necessary for every Guyanese to realise that to build a multi-ethnic country Guyana all need to work together and recognise that every group brought something to the country.

The committee said citizens cannot lose sight of the fact that what we have in Guyana today “is a cumulative experience and work of all who came to this country including the native people or Amerindians that were already here for thousands of years.”

It said that the fundamental lesson for all Guyanese is that by working together a great nation can be built.