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Land & a bungling regime: a Short Story
1. It started with SI50/2021 issued on 26 Feb 2021. The decree sought to remove the Chilonga community from their ancestral lands to make way for DenDairy to grow grass for its cows. It promoted heavy resistance such as #boycottdendairy
1. It started with SI50/2021 issued on 26 Feb 2021. The decree sought to remove the Chilonga community from their ancestral lands to make way for DenDairy to grow grass for its cows. It promoted heavy resistance such as #boycottdendairy
2. A week later, government issued another decree, SI63A/2021. It changed the purpose of setting aside the land to “establishing an irrigation scheme” but retained the clause forcing the Chilonga community to depart permanently. We covered it in the BSR showing the illegalities.
3. On 16 March Government issued SI72A/2021, this time repealing the initial decree and removing the clause forcing the Chilonga community to depart permanently from their land. This is a big reversal of an unjust and arbitrary policy that disrespected citizens’ rights.
1. #BoycottDenDairy has divided citizens into those who think it’s a great idea & those who think it isn’t. This is a natural & fair reflection of society. No one should force anyone to boycott. And those who don’t want to boycott must respect the choice of those who do.
2. Boycott is a legitimate, non-violent form of protest. It has been used countless times in history. Sometimes it has worked. Others it hasn’t. One of the most famous is the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the 1950s, a protest against racial segregation on the public transport system.
3. In the 1980s there were loud calls to boycott South African products and businesses still operating or buying South African goods. There were also boycotts of Rhodesian goods. As far as Guyana political parties also used boycott to support our independence.
