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Dear Editor,
In my letter published on Thursday, February 9, I said the following:
"It is indeed 'unfortunate' that after hearing so much about the Alliance for Change, we haven't heard them take a public stand on the execution of Ronald Waddell in this, an election year. I am willing to retract this if indeed I missed it in the newspaper reports or if they did issue a statement and it wasn't reported."
I have since received the following from Sheila Holder of the AFC:
"Please be advised that as leader of the AFC, Khemraj did issue an immediate public statement of condemnation of Waddell's murder on the electronic media.
"It appeared on a newscast the night after the murder became known and was broadcast in full on the AFC programme, 'Alliance On The Move' a couple days later. Raphael and others were out of the country on business during this period.
"Khemraj Ramjattan in fact called for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to move quickly to solve this brutal murder and not allow this one in particular go the route of the others that were left unsolved but to bring the perpetrators to justice to give some level of satisfaction to Waddell's grieving family and supporters. He expressed sympathy to them and also called on Waddell's supporters to use restraint and not to retaliate as an eye for an eye would leave us all blind; but allow the GPF to do the job that was expected of them.
"He also asked that the GPF increase their presence in East Coast villages in order to deter any wanton acts of recrimination. Of course you know Noel and I attended the funeral to represent the AFC..."
I would like to publicly acknowledge this response.
Yours faithfully,
Alissa Trotz
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