Fuad: ‘Mugabe’ in San Juan

BARATARIA/SAN JUAN MP Dr Fuad Khan yesterday claimed that the People’s National Movement (PNM) controlled San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation (SJLRC) was instituting a “Mugabe style of governance” against East Indian vendors in the constituency.

In a statement, Khan alleged that the SJLRC “has once again engaged in a form of racial discrimination so blatant and so distasteful, it reeks of victimisation and harassment of the crudest form.” According to Khan: “The regional corporation has instructed the police to remove some of the vendors who have been plying their trade on the street outside the San Juan market. “What makes the present situation totally unacceptable is the fact that the regional corporation has been targetting the East Indian vendors for removal whilst allowing non-Indians to continue plying their trade on the streets.” The Opposition MP claimed this was yet another instance of the ruling PNM “providing jobs for friends, family, supporters, so called ‘community leaders’ and members of the underworld.” “The issue at the San Juan market is just another form of this policy of discrimination. It’s just another way of trying to break the backs of the Indians in this country,” Khan declared.