The National Toshaos Council (NTC) yesterday called on President David Granger to establish a separate commission to deal with land rights of the indigenous peoples, claiming it had not been consulted prior to the setting up of the recent Commission of Inquiry into Land Rights.
“We call on His Excellency for a complete repeal of the mandate of this commission and to establish the Indigenous Peoples’ Lands Commis-sion,” the NTC said in a statement yesterday.
The group condemned the commission, which was established earlier this month.
“The National Toshaos Council, a body comprising all Toshaos of Guyana and a representative body of the indigenous peoples of Guyana, having never been consulted in the formation of such a body, cannot, with any degree of sanity nor confidence, respect such a body, and will refuse to cooperate with such a body,” the NTC asserted.
