Although the Toshao of Kaikan village, in Region Seven, says that the residents do not want the military present in their community, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips yesterday reiterated the army’s commitment to working with them.
“We met with the residents before Christmas and assured them that we are committed to working with them to erase years of a strained relationship…since then, there have been no new complaints,” Phillips told Stabroek News yesterday.
However, in a letter published in the January 18 edition of Stabroek News, Toshao Claude Anselmo said that the village was sticking by a longstanding call for “the GDF barracks to be removed from within the
