A protest for the setting of an elections date was staged last evening just a few feet away from the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, where President David Granger was invited to speak at a reception held in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Opposition PPP/C Presidential Candi-date Irfaan Ali told reporters that his party joined with a Non-Governmental Organisation, the Association for Democracy and Human Rights, which was hosting a candlelight vigil for the protection of democracy. “So people came out here… calling on the government to name the date of elections now… standing up against a dictatorship, standing up for democracy, for the rule of law, standing up for the protection of your fundamental rights,” Ali said, while noting that they were exercising their rights to demonstrate peacefully and that they were being blocked from doing so.
