Police disperse PPP/C protest over Carter Center observers

Supporters and members of the PPP/C during the protest outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office at South Road, Georgetown on Saturday morning. (Photos taken from PPP/C Facebook page)

A protest on Saturday morning by the PPP/C outside of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling for the return of Carter Center observers was dispersed by the police who cited the emergency ministerial order on COVID-19 measures.

Two of the protesters were also charged and are to appear in court.

The protesters assembled outside the Ministry’s South Road office in keeping with the COVID-19 social distancing measures and held placards reading `Carter Center was instrumental in restoration of democracy in Guyana and they must be permitted to complete their task’, `We demand that the international observers be allowed to observe the recount’, `Granger is hiding and getting the task force to do his dirty work’ and `APNU/AFC lost the elections, trying to hang onto power by rigging’.