Phillips proposes Afro-Guyanese rights bill

THE Guyana Reparations Committee (GRC) is proposing what it terms “African Ancestral Rights Bill” to protect and recognise the rights of Afro-Guyanese.

The body is claiming 15,000 square miles of the country, a figure which its representative Eric Phillips told the land Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Thursday, matches 18 per cent of the country’s landmass.

Phillips said the body is seeking justice from the State of Guyana, and according to him, as a member of a CARICOM reparations group; reparations are being sought from the British and Dutch.

He said in the proposed bill, there would be financial architecture to allow the 15,000 square miles to be properly developed, since according to him, the precedence has already been set as he made reference to the 2006 Amerindian Act.

He said reparations have two components: the physical and financial, as well as the psychological.

Phillips said the reason the group is asking for land is, “that land is wealth, land is also a method of generational transfer of wealth”. He said it is the only secure and irrevocable method of generational wealth creation.

He informed the commission that in 2000, a study was done, and an area of 16,000 square miles of unoccupied land, which qualifies as State land was found and is being sought by the GRC.

how is that reconciled Captain..wat is the story ::confused::

never heard of it before :

sounds like a plan to me.  all the negros go this way and the Indos the other way :-[ :-[ :-[

dat way it makes war clear.  there is a point ..the border..where the armies can gather to fight..until deh get air forces dat is.

chin with she hate of negros will come runnin' or flying.. with a fleet of space buzzards to give to the Indos to bom' nig nogs.

we will get an Indian turncoat to send some fuh we to bom' dem back back

::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::

Gih dem the Rain Forest where the OIL is : to sekkel down !

They collect the free $$$$ from Save the Earth groups

AND they on de front line for the Venezuela Army 

dat fella want to tek the natives land like whites did

Phillips told the commission that in the 2006 Amerindian Act, the indigenous people were given an Amerindian Development Fund to develop lands which the group possesses.
“For example, there are 300 Wai Wais with a million acres of land at the bottom of Guyana, I do not know how they can beneficially occupy that,” he said.

He called for the Amerindian Act to be modified, noting that as an indigenous village population doubles, it can split and after 25 years, claim lands.Commissioner David James as he questioned the witnesses on Thursday
He called this aspect of the Act a “fundamental breach” of the Constitution.
Under questioning from the commission, he said “correct history “would show that Amerindians and Africans were “harmed”.
He said the latter were in Guyana before the Europeans, who came and seized the country and took away lands which belonged to them. He said that this should be the basis for establishing indigenous lands.

there had to be a ketch ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL:: ::LOL::

[color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]Phillips mentioned to the commission that the indigenous population in Guyana is against reparations for Afro-Guyanese because the former wants an additional 10 per cent of the country’s landmass. James questioned whether he stood by the claim.[/color]
[/size][/color][color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]Phillips then stated that the indigenous groups at the National Toshaos Conference this week have supported the reparations claims of African Guyanese. He said however, that the indigenous people “see it as competition for land” and according to him, Amerindians have extended their claims for 24 per cent of the country’s landmass.[/color]
[/size][/color][color=rgb(34, 34, 34)]James questioned whether Philips was familiar with the 1969 Amerindian Lands Commission, which he noted, made certain recommendations among which related to titling of indigenous lands.[/color]

its called need of CAPITAL for infrastructure development.

the same thing de AFRO would need: money talks bullsh!t walks :