The official opening ceremony of Linden Town Week 2012 yesterday was one with a difference as residents circled the area and walked through the audience with placards protesting over a number of issues in particular the controversial proposed removal of the subsidy for electricity in Region 10.
While those given time to make brief remarks did the usual of congratulating the town on its 42nd anniversary, the greater part of their remarks addressed the political squabble between the government and the opposition. Linden residents have launched a series of protests over the government’s announcement in the 2012 budget that the Linden electricity subsidy will be gradually removed.
It was a show of collaboration and unity of political parties yesterday as the
