SASCHA WIL­SON

A UNC coun­cil­lor and a WASA es­tate con­sta­ble en­gaged in a heat­ed con­fronta­tion on Tues­day morn­ing, over the burn­ing of tires to protest poor road con­di­tions in Har­ris Vil­lage, South Oropouche.

Sev­er­al res­i­dents from the area, along with the lo­cal gov­ern­ment rep­re­sen­ta­tive for Av­o­cat/San Fran­cique North, Coun­cil­lor Dood­nath Mayrhoo, gath­ered along the main road near Berridge Trace, to con­duct their protest demon­stra­tion with burn­ing tires. 

How­ev­er, a se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cer from the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty in­ter­vened.  The se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cer, who was su­per­vis­ing works near­by, gave his name as Kei­th Cyrus.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands Coun­cil­lor Mayrhoo and the se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cer had a ver­bal clash and a jos­tle, which in­volved them both kick­ing a burn­ing tire on and off the road.

Even­tu­al­ly, the tires were re­loaded on­to the tray of the van which brought them, and Coun­cil­lor Mayrhoo and the pro­test­ers moved to an­oth­er lo­ca­tion.