A Facebook post has led to calls being mounted for the removal of Roshan Khan as a Commissioner of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).
Khan received widespread backlash for his comments which were made while tense and highly disturbing race-baiting protests were ongoing in Region #5 following the brutal murder of teen cousins Joel and Isaiah Henry.
On Thursday, Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon also condemned the statement by Khan and joined in calling for his immediate removal from the ERC.
“Further we call for the immediate removal of Roshan Khan from the Ethnic Relations Commission following his divisive and racial comments on social media,” Harmon said.
Speaking during a virtual press briefing, the Opposition Leader contended that Khan is no longer fit to sit on the ERC and must be removed forthwith.
In the Facebook post, Khan had said: “In Berbice Guyanese need to create their watch and protection groups. Equipped with batons and sticks for self-defence only. Be firm and clever but never be the aggressor. Protect minorities in your communities.”
The post has since been removed from his Facebook page. Khan was appointed to the ERC in 2018 and was sworn in by former President David Granger
Back in June the ERC was forced to distance itself from statements also made by Khan during the prolonged election stalemate.
The ERC was constituted to promote harmony and good relations among all Guyanese.
But Joe and the Gangsta said EXACTLY the SAME TING…….the first day after the lads were murdered by Lord knows whom.
The PNC forgets but they tried this exact same thing in 2001 and they are still complaining that nobody rolled over and let them kill and rob indiscriminately. The definition of insanity is trying de same ting again and expecting different results.
Khan
“In Berbice Guyanese need to create their watch and protection groups. Equipped with batons and sticks for self-defence only. Be firm and clever but never be the aggressor. Protect minorities in your communities.”
Granger
“We have to bind ourselves in some self-defence society and live ordinary lives. Unless we protect ourselves, nobody is going to protect us,”
Harmon;
““What you all are doing here is the correct response to a crime and the government must protect all citizens, who-ever they are, wherever they are, day and night, and it is not happening and that is not happening and if the government does not do its duty to protect our citizens, we must protect our-selves”
So please tell us the difference, and all persons who were part of the rigging crew need to come up with an alibi for the time of the murder of the innocent young Henry lads.
HARMON IS A CRIMINAL/THUG