YCT says business boycott a success

There were fewer persons during yesterday’s Youth Coalition for Transformation march through the city than at the last demonstration. In this photo the protesters are seen walking along Brickdam. (Anjuli Persaud photo)

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) says its call for the boycott of several business organisations has worked and critical issues, including the appointment of a new police commissioner, will remain on the front burner in the new year.

The youth group yesterday organized a ‘Resolution March’, another in a series of protest marches it has undertaken after last month’s elections, through the streets of the city. The march, which drew considerably less support than previous marches, started at the Square of the Revolution and ended with a public meeting at the Stabroek Market Square.

The speakers at the meeting, which attracted several dozen persons, told the gathering that YCT preached messages of