The Opposition Leader told Caribbean News Desk on Friday that his decision to write Caricom was not aimed at securing mediation but putting “pressure” on the Donald Ramotar-led administration to lift the suspension of Parliament. Granger said Ramotar’s prorogation of Parliament on November 10 violates Caricom’s Charter of Civil Society. “As Caricom is concerned, there were specific provisions of the Charter of Civil Society and we feel that the prorogation is contrary to the Charter of Civil Society and we are calling on the Heads of Government to discuss the matter and persuade or convince the Guyana President to reconvene Parliament because the continued state of prorogation is contrary to the democratic ideals of the Caribbean Community,” he said. The Charter of Civil Society states, among other things, that “The States shall take all appropriate measures to promote and maintain an effectively functioning representational system, including the holding of regular public sessions of representatives of the people.”
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 19:14:14 +0000
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