Ghanaian President visits Guyana

Indian High Commissioner urges political leaders to do as CCJ advises

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Two things stand out with regards to the PPP's electoral pronouncements. The first is that instead of these pronouncements being made by the presidential candidate, Irfaan Ali, they are being made by the party's General Secretary, Bharat Jagdeo. This reinforces speculations that if he ever becomes president, Ali would be a puppet being manipulated by Jagdeo. Secondly Jagdeo keeps making lofty promises but the reality is that in 23 years in power the PPP never even thought about or acted on such measures so on what basis is Jagdeo now to be believed especially since the nation is seeing and being affected by the chasmic disconnect between what the APNU/AFC said on the campaign trail and what they are actually doing in government?

The ruling politicians, including President Granger, have announced a Cabinet decision to remove imprisonment on conviction of 30 grams or less of ganja. The deception inherent in that action, in the opinion of this columnist, makes this regime the world’s most deceitful, lying, and twisted administration in the entire world.

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But there is a positive dimension to this sickening skullduggery. We are in an election season and every major opposition party should use this perverted announcement by a jaded, faded regime, clinging on for dear life, as a campaign issue. All opposition parties should go to every nook and cranny of this vast country to expose the horrible mentality of rulers who are bent on fooling people in the most insane way just to get their votes.
First, the Cabinet decision is asininity on display. Cabinet cannot change a law. Only the part of the state that is known as the legislature can do so at a statutory meeting of Parliament where official voting takes place to pass a Bill into law. The demagogues that perambulated Guyana telling citizens that Cabinet approved changes in the anti-narcotics law are fiction-writers. The law stands until Parliament amends it.

Representatives of President David Granger and Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, will meet at 5pm today at Castellani House to discuss nominations for the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

A release from the Ministry of the Presidency today said that this meeting follows last Thursday’s meeting between President Granger and Jagdeo at the Ministry of the Presidency where the means of selecting a new Chairman of the Elections Commission was discussed

The Opposition PPP/C has asked the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to order the APNU+AFC administration to hold elections no later than 18th September and that the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) be selected within 10 days from tomorrow.

In his submission to the Trinidad-based court of last resort for Guyana, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo called on the CCJ to give effect to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. The court will tomorrow issue orders based on its findings that the December 21, 2018 vote of no-confidence against the APNU+AFC administration was validly passed, thereby requiring elections, and that the Chairman of GECOM was unlawfully appointed. It had asked both sides to make submission by July 1 on what the orders should be.

Guyana’s 4.1% growth in GDP last year despite challenges in the traditional sectors is partially attributable to developments in the construction sector and growth in the services sector, as preparations are made for the oil and gas industry.

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