Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon says that government will continue to engage in regular “constructive” discussions with the relevant stakeholders to resolve the unrest at Linden, while noting that cabinet is unhappy with the disruption to business that the continuing protests there has caused.
During a post-cabinet press briefing yesterday, Luncheon said that the discussions are centred around three broad issues: the process to end the electricity subsidy in Linden, the planning of a Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of three persons during the protest; and interventions to improve the socio-economic status of the Region Ten community.
He said that while the situation in the mining town remains unresolved, the engagements between the administration of Region Ten and central government through the
