THE PROTEST is not unexpected.  It was predicted by Reverend Gilbert, precipitated by Malcolm Harripaul, and endorsed by the champion of human rights, Mike McCormack.
Pre- and post- elections disorderly behaviour is an embedded culture of the P.N.C., now baptised A.P.N.U. This behaviour has already been exhibited by its members in their conduct at City Hall, Buxton, Victoria and Stabroek Square.
Maybe Malcolm Harripaul and Mike McCormack were living in the North Pole when indications of similar behaviour were unleashed in Georgetown; followed by looting, arson, violence and rape, especially against East Indians.
So why should we expect otherwise, given the current vibes, and when there still are derelicts of the past in the form of Granger, Green, Corbin, Greenidge, Felix, and now Collins at the helm of A.P.N.U?  Threats against some businesses were already issued by one of these derelicts, and with the former principal enforcers of law and order now exposed for what they were, who stood idly by and allowed criminals to create havoc during the Buxton episode, East Indians will have to take measures to safeguard themselves and businesses from any impending onslaught.
I do not want to be the devil’s advocate, but veiled threats of destabilisation by Hinds and Ogunseye in the event of the P.N.C. not winning elections are beginning to rear their ugly heads.
I hope Ramjattan and Moses Nagamootoo do not adopt a posture of the proverbial ostrich, given the historical outcome of P.N.C. protests.