Accountant and financial analyst Floyd Haynes yesterday distanced himself from a Cuffy 250 Committee forum which has as its topic `Resisting the emerging apartheid state’.

Haynes yesterday wrote the Chairman of the Committee, Norman Ng-A-Qui protesting his inclusion in the line-up of speakers at the forum scheduled for August 21st and calling for the immediate removal of his name. He said that he had not been asked formally or informally to be part of the programme.

“I write to express my consternation that I am included on your list of speakers. I was not asked formally or informally to be part of this program, therefore please remove my name from this advertisement with immediate effect.

“Moreover, I completely reject the phrase `resisting the emerging apartheid state’ to describe conditions in Guyana. In my view, this statement is a disservice to all Guyanese, as such I wish to categorically dissociate myself from it. More importantly, I am a firm supporter of His Excellency, the President of Guyana and I am absolutely convinced that it is not part of the President’s agenda to create any disparity based on race”, Haynes wrote.