“WE will continue to struggle and this time it will not be 28 years, but in less than 5 years we will bring these people to their place” were the words of Former President Donald Ramotar as he addressed supporters yesterday at Robert’s Square in Enmore. Speaking at a public meeting, former President Donald Ramotar related that on this occasion “I join with my trade union colleagues in saluting the Enmore Martyrs; let their struggle, and let their

sacrifice serve to inspire us to fight for a better Guyana.”
Ramotar said that on May 11, the now Government was able to penetrate the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) machinery. According to the former President, “Dr. Steve Surujbally knew something was wrong with the 490 boxes and his conscience was not allowing him to declare the results.”
He went on to explain that even though there was a call for those boxes to be investigated, the Chairman of GECOM still declared the results at last.
“You must be ready to fight for the change of the Elections Commission; the PPP/C has lost confidence in the chairman of the Elections Commission who presided over a rigged election and this is why we say Surujbally must go.”
“The Government does not represent the will of the people and this is a repeat of the undemocratic elections in 1964 and 1968”, Ramotar related. Moreover the former President explained the occurrences in the operations of the Guyana Sugar Cooperation and the changes that occurred that the then Government was faced with. He noted the recent firing of CEO Raj Singh, a man, he said, who was turning the industry around.
“We can do this if we work together in unity, we must work to defend, we must not allow them to go unchallenged”, he urged his supporters.
“We have fought for too long and too hard to have these people (the new Government) violate our Guyanese people, we have a history in the PPP/C of this kind of struggle. Cheddi Jagan was at the forefront of the struggles and we must never let his life be in vain and we must defend the rights of our people”, former President Donald Ramotar urged his supporters.
Also attending the wreath laying ceremony and public meeting were former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, General Secretary of the PPP/C Clement Rohee, Robeson Benn, Irfaan Ali, Anil Nandlall, Dr Bheri Ramsaran and other executive members of the PPP/C.

By Rebecca Ganseh-Ally