As the fallout continues from Wednesday’s events at Linden that led to the death of three persons, a number of diplomatic missions in Guyana have called for dialogue to prevent further violence.According to a joint statement by the local Diplomatic Representatives of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, the three countries regret the tragic loss of life.“We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their lives or suffered injury. We appeal to all parties and stakeholders to work together in a spirit of national unity to prevent any further violence and to resolve current tensions through an open and inclusive dialogue.”Parliamentary Opposition,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), and the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) have also come out condemning the police shooting at civilians who were protesting a hike in the electricity rates for the Region 10 community.APNU yesterday described the incident as an unprovoked police assault against “unarmed, peaceful protesters”. More than two dozen persons were injured, some of them seriously, APNU reported.“High level APNU representatives, including the Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger, have seen victims of the police shooting and it is evident that both pellets and live ammunition had been used indiscriminately.”APNU disputed a police claim that adequate warnings were given to the crowd of protestors who were blocking a bridge connecting Wismar and Mackenzie.“It is clear that the Linden protest was a peaceful and lawful assembly and there was no attempt by the police to adhere to the principle of minimum force.”APNU said that it holds the PPP/C administration wholly responsible for the “murderous attacks” on citizens exercising their fundamental constitutional rights.“APNU calls on the President, Mr. Donald Ramotar, to immediately cease the security forces’ aggressive operations against unarmed residents and to suspend the officer-in-charge and the ranks alleged to have been involved in the shooting.”Inquiry neededAPNU, a coalition of 10 political parties that contested the November 28, 2011 General and Regional Elections,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, also called for an independent, judicial inquiry into the shooting,Cheap Jerseys, and drew reference to the December 6, 2011 shooting of unarmed protestors by police“APNU reiterates that it will continue to show solidarity with Lindeners and will demand that the Central Government not proceed with the hike in electricity rates.”The alliance,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, in calling for restraint, urged Lindeners to maintain the focus of their peaceful legitimate protest.“APNU condemns the Government’s use of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) to inflame an already tense situation and calls on the President Donald Ramotar,Jerseys From China, who has Ministerial responsibility for Information, to urge responsibility, and not exploit this tragedy for political advantage.”The PNCR,Cheap Jerseys China, which is one of the main parties in APNU, in echoing that alliance’s sentiments, insisted that the tariff increases, implemented from July 1, are already causing severe hardships.It repeated accusations that the tariff increase was linked to the election loss of the region by the ruling PPP/C.President Donald Ramotar has adamantly refused to respond to the requests of the Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of APNU for an urgent intervention, the PNCR said.Job creation“The solution to the Linden crisis lies in the creation of jobs, the end to discrimination, the involvement of the people of Linden in the making of decisions that impact their lives and the end to the vindictiveness that characterizes the Ramotar regime’s approach to Linden.”The party called on the Guyana Police Force to institute murder charges against the Commander of “E” and “F” Division for being responsible for giving the orders to murder innocent and unarmed civilians.The PNCR also called for the immediate resignation of the Minister of Home Affairs and criticized Prime Minister Samuel Hinds for mismanaging the electricity sector.“The PNCR also demands the setting up of an impartial inquiry into yesterday (Wednesday)’s murders. We demand that the control of the Guyana Police Force be returned to the Commissioner of Police and the immediate removal of the Minister of Home Affairs office from Police Headquarters, Eve Leary.”Three persons were confirmed dead and several others were injured as Police opened fire in Linden on the first day of a planned five-day protest against elec