PPP: PNC/R must take blame for ministry bombing
Guyana Chronicle
April 28, 2004
THE RULING PPP says the main opposition PNC/R must take blame for the fire-bombing of the Ministry of Home Affairs Sunday night.
The PPP says the channa bombing of the ministry, which it describes as a "dastardly attempt," came "just hours after PNC/R leader Mr. Robert Corbin let it be known that the time for talk was over and the time for action had come."
Reports are that three men hurled three channa bombs into the southern side of the building around 22:15 hours or 10.15 p.m. Sunday, and ran away on foot. The incident damaged part of the conference hall at the upper flat of the ministry.
In a statement yesterday, the PPP said "It is a matter of historical record that the PNC/R is given to violent actions in furtherance of its agenda, and it has made no secret of its preferred methods of operations.
"Going back only to recent history, we remember the violence and fires following the outcome of the 1997 elections, which results it refused to accept. Again after the 2001 elections, whose results it also refused to accept, several buildings were burnt down during its slow fire/more fire protests."
The PPP said it seems that the PNC/R has "once again decided to resort to such tactics, which must be condemned in the strongest possible terms, as they pose serious danger to the society and to the peace and stability of the country."