Linden not ‘sold out’

Sam Hinds

Leader of the Opposition David Granger yesterday said APNU has not sold out Linden in brokering an agreement on a number of measures, including electricity subsidies and liberalising the airwaves, as tempers run high in the mining town.

Granger, in an impromptu press conference last night at the Public Buildings, said he asked Prime Minister Sam Hinds to give Linden a longer time table for the phasing out of subsidised electricity, while defending main opposition APNU’s decision to sit down with government and saying that Linden will be better off for it.

Protests have been ongoing in Linden since the budget presentation signalled an end to the subsidies, which