MINISTER of Legal Affairs and Attorney-General of Guyana, Mr. Anil Nandlall has told residents of Charity on the Essequibo Coast that historically, there has always been a connection between bandits of Guyana and the PNC, now APNU.Speaking at the PPP/C public meeting at the Charity housing scheme junction last Sunday night, Minister Nandlall reminded residents that at the ongoing Walter Rodney inquiry in Georgetown a document produced by the Guyana Defence Force [GDF] has shown that 155 AK 47 assault rifles were taken from the Army and given to Robert Corbin in 1978. The Attorney General in a blistering attack on the PNC, now APNU, said the Presidential candidate of the APNU +AFC coalition David Granger was in the army as commander in 1978 and he must have known and authorized the handing over of 155 AK 47 guns to Robert Corbin of the PNC.

Minister Nandlall asked the large crowd of PPP/C supporters what would a political party want to do with 155 AK 47 guns? According to the Attorney General the retired commander now Presidential candidate does not want to attend the Walter Rodney commission of inquiry to tell the Guyanese people why he gave the PNC 155 AK 47 guns. The Minister said more importantly in 2010, just five years ago, there was a bank robbery at Rose Hall, Corentyne and the police traced the bandits all the way into Mahaica Creek and there was an exchange of gunfire between the police and the bandits. He said bandits were killed and several AK 47 assault rifles were recovered and when the serial number of those guns were checked it was revealed that the guns were the very weapons that the Army gave to the PNC. According to the AG the guns moved from the army to the PNC and into the hands of bandits.

According to the AG every time the police shoot a person who is suspected to be a bandit, look at the newspapers and see the outcry of the PNC. He said not once have they ever stood on the side of the police, not once, they always condemn the police.

The Minister said the election on May 11 is very important and about the future of the children of Guyana. He said the country is at stake. According to Nandlall the PPP/C is going into the election based on its track record for the past 22 years. He said people should judge the PPP/C on its record and the PNC on its record of 28 years in office.
The Minister also addressed public meetings at Anna Regina New Housing and Columbia on the Essequibo Coast He also along with Africo Selman addressed Essequibians via a live TV programme on RCA Channel 8 at Charity.

By Rajendra Prabhulall