Attorney General Anil Nandlall has apologised for statements made regarding African freedom fighter Cuffy during his address at a public meeting at Stabroek Market Square last evening.
Nandlall reportedly said that “Cuffy was a proud and upstanding house slave.”
In a statement, Nandlall admitted that his comments did not accurately convey his intention and offered an unqualified and unreserved apology.
“The public record will reflect that I have always described slavery as, by far, the worst tragedy in recorded history. My intention was not born out of ill-will or any form of disrespect whatsoever. My intention was to condemn attempts at racial division in our country. I regard the unity of our people as indispensable to the advancement of our nation. Again, I offer my humble apologies for any unintended disrespect conveyed or offence committed,” he said.
The APNU, in a release, blasted Nandlall’s comments on national hero Cuffy as totally ignorant and repugnant.
“We condemn it in the strongest possible terms. Cuffy, our national hero, was a freedom fighter and revolutionary. In 1763, he fought and broke the shackles of slavery and dehumanisation. He then organised the world’s first nation state by freed Africans outside of Africa,” the coalition said.
