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THE DARKEST DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN GUYANA-David Granger APNU Leader

LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
HON. BRIGADIER DAVID A. GRANGER, MP
Monday 10th November 2014

THE DARKEST DAY FOR DEMOCRACY IN GUYANA

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is enraged at President Donald Ramotar’s promulgation of a proclamation to prorogue parliament on Monday 10th November 2014. This is the darkest day for democracy in Guyana.

This ‘Proclamation’ has effectively paralysed the parliamentary process and smothered the voices of the people’s legitimate representatives in the National Assembly. It is an affront to the Guyanese people who three years ago, in November 2011, voted for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) to have the majority of seats in the National Assembly.

President Ramotar has now single-handedly engineered a constitutional crisis. The main purposes of the ‘Proclamation’ are to allow the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to avoid parliamentary scrutiny while it attempts to:

• prevent debate on the Opposition ‘no-confidence’ motion;
• prevent the holding of local government elections;
• prevent debate on financial excesses and impropriety;
• protect the reputations of his Ministers from parliamentary sanction;
• permit the PPP’s campaign for general and regional elections to proceed;
• permit the continued expenditure of state funds without parliamentary scrutiny.

President Donald Ramotar -Guyana

The President’s ‘Proclamation’ to prorogue parliament is a challenge to the entire nation. He has no grounds for his crude smothering of parliamentary independence.

APNU will not accept this denial of democracy and will not be intimidated by the PPP/C’s dictatorial behaviour.

Hon. David Granger-Opposition Leader Guyana

APNU is resolved to resist the President’s ‘Proclamation’. APNU calls on all the good people of Guyana everywhere to join in a civil movement for the restoration of parliamentary democracy by peacefully resisting the PPP/C’s resort to dictatorship and to call for the revocation of this ‘Proclamation’. — with Hon David Arthur Granger.

AFC says it will hold balance of power

Guyana Chronicle Report THE Alliance For Change (AFC) is optimistic that no single party will obtain the majority of seats in Parliament, which means that it will have the deciding vote in the House. AFC presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan said this yesterday at a press briefing convened at the Pegasus Hotel, where he and other senior party members took the opportunity to report on their success at the 2011 General and Regional Elections. “Based upon our tabulations, we are confident that no one will have the majority of seats, and therefore that means that the AFC will now have the deciding vote,” he said. According to him, this will mean that there will be new areas for development and for the party to highlight its policies in the interest of the citizens of Guyana. As to the party’s performance at the elections, he pointed out that despite the fact that the AFC did not win the elections, the party performed well in certain areas, when compared to the 2006 elections at which they secured five seats in Parliament. As to the advantages of no one party having the majority of seats, Ramjattan said, “AFC will hold the balance of power… will be able  to sit together as responsible leaders to work out the issues, and will then be able  to bring some of their issues to Parliament.” Addressing the possibility of a post-elections coalition, the AFC prime ministerial candidate Raphael Trotman emphasized that at this time there are no plans to join any of the other parties. This, he said, is not likely to happen, as the AFC will be present in full force to support the issues of the people in the National Assembly. In this regard, Ramjattan also dispelled the possibility of a union, and stressed, if the situation arises, there will be a “tripartite representation” in Parliament. He said, “That is the kind of thing that we want to see in Parliament … no one political party will have the majority of seats. The time has come to initiate some change; and we, too, have our agenda, as we will try as much as possible to have that incorporated.” Meanwhile, the AFC members expressed satisfaction at GECOM’s process, but expressed some concern over the commission’s delay in announcing the results and over the People Progressive Party’s (PPP/C) call for a recount, which they termed a “delaying tactic.” Ramjattan noted that the delay has caused tensions to rise and speculations to circulate. Despite this, he maintained that the AFC will accept GECOM’s results of the 2011 General and Regional Elections, providing there are no glaring irregularities, and, urged all Guyanese to be responsible and vigilant once the results are announced. “We are confident that the political will of the Guyanese electorate will emerge,” he stated.