President David Granger yesterday said that the ongoing protests by rice farmers may be politically motivated and his government is being wrongly blamed for paddy farmers not being paid.
“There are elements instigating protest to create the illusion that the government is at fault. The government did not buy paddy,” Granger said at his first press conference since assuming office over four months ago. According to him, efforts are afoot to find markets abroad for the rice being produced.
“We are searching for markets to help the private farmers and millers. We want the industry to survive and prosper. But you must look at the internal dynamics of the industry and you will discover that it is a miller/farmer problem and not a
