Lindeners protest likely electricity tariff hike

Linden residents protesting yesterday

The announcement by Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh at the reading of the national budget last week that the electricity tariff in Linden would be increased resulted in street protests by residents yesterday morning.

The group of approximately sixty women and men,  led by an APNU Parliamentarian, Regional Democratic Council (RDC)  and Interim Management Committee (IMC) councillors, took to the streets of Linden chanting “PPP want kill Linden”, “No electricity raise for Linden”, “Deh vex cause we aint vote fuh PPP”, “No GPL fuh Linden”,  among other remarks.

They carried placards reading “No subsidy – Dark future for Linden”, “PPP mean fuh punish we”, among  others.

The group assembled on Burnham Drive in front of the Linden Utilities Coop Society Limited (LUSCSL) which is