AFC pickets OP over worker’s dismissal

AFC members protesting the sacking of employee Marcelle Joseph outside of OP yesterday.

Marcelle Joseph’s dismissal from the Office of the President (OP) was unjustified, the Alliance for Change (AFC) said yesterday, while condemning the intimidation of her family.

Saying that the government wronged Joseph, the party staged a peaceful protest outside of OP yesterday, and about two dozen participants were initially asked by police to remove from outside of OP and assemble at either nearby South Road or Vlissingen Road.

AFC Presidential Candidate Khemraj Ramjattan, who was among the first set of persons on the picket line, declined to move, saying that he had to consult with party