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Jagdeo meets with diplomatic community on threat to democracy

 

No-confidence resolution

…as PPP pushes for intense Int’l scrutiny for upcoming elections

 

 

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo met with diplomats from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union on Friday, as the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) shared its concerns following the recent no-confidence resolution and its expectations for the next 90 days.
In an interview with the media following the one-hour long meeting, Jagdeo noted that he outlined to the diplomatic community that if elections are not held within the timeframe stipulated by the Constitution, the Government will be considered an illegitimate and unconstitutional one.
“We in the parliamentary Opposition will treat the Government if elections are not held by that date as illegitimate and that no act that they engage in internationally or locally would be recognised.
This will have major implications for Guyana, for investors and for all concerned. I have also urged the diplomatic community to be involved in the process of free and fair elections,” Jagdeo added.
According to the Opposition Leader, one of the things the Party wants is observer teams from several international organisations and the customary countries to ensure the vote is free from fraud.
“I expressed the desire of the People’s Progressive Party to see a massive observer group from all the agencies… Caricom (Caribbean Community); the European Union; OAS (Organisation of American States); UNASUR (Union of South American Nations); Carter Centre, Commonwealth, etc.”
“Then I also made it clear to them that we are very concerned about the shenanigans that seem to be brewing behind this Government’s statement that they are exploring legal and other options,” the former President said.
Jagdeo said Government has gone from accepting the results of the vote to searching for ways to reverse it. He pointed out that both Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and President David Granger had previously accepted that the Government had fallen, and elections were due.
The Opposition Leader slammed the Government for breaking the trust and good will he had hoped would be built up ahead of his meeting with the President. Jagdeo noted that far from using the time to calm the country following the vote, reports that Government is searching for a way to reverse the results have caused tension.
“I said to them (diplomats) we, the People’s Progressive Party, will not accept that, and obviously there would be instability in the country if this (Government reversing its word) were to happen. I also said that we will not accept a judicial coup… the Legislative branch has made a decision. That has to be respected.”
The Opposition Leader noted that he also told the diplomatic community that his party would not return to the National Assembly, unless for issues related to elections. He made it clear that the Government has fallen, and it cannot be business as usual for the Government when it comes to passing bills in the National Assembly.
Jagdeo reiterated that the Government is there in a caretaker capacity. He acknowledged that the National Assembly may have to meet to pass legislation related to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) or if the PPP agreed to extend the period until elections.
The Opposition Leader was open to meeting with the Government ahead of any future sittings, so that the parameters were set.
“That would be an illegal sitting, as far as we’re concerned. And anything passed in this kind of situation that would not be recognised. We would not recognise anything they do except elections related. We’re not going to go.”
On December 21, 2018, the no-confidence motion brought by the parliamentary Opposition – the People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) – against the Government succeeded when former AFC Member of Parliament Charrandas Persaud broke ranks and made a conscience vote in favour of the motion.
With the Government’s defeat, the next steps are spelt out in the Constitution of Guyana. Article 106 (6) of the Constitution states: “The Cabinet including the President shall resign if the Government is defeated by the vote of a majority of all the elected members of the National Assembly on a vote of confidence.”
Meanwhile, clause 7 goes on to state that “Notwithstanding its defeat, the Government shall remain in office and shall hold an election within three months, or such longer period as the National Assembly shall by resolution supported by not less than two-thirds of the votes of all the elected members of the National Assembly determine, and shall resign after the President takes the oath of office following the election.”
The President has already committed to following the provisions outlined in the Constitution, facilitating early elections and engaging in dialogue with the Leader of the Opposition, upon his return from Cuba where he departed for treatment.
Since the passage of the motion on December 21, however, persons aligned with the coalition party have sought to question the motion’s validity even as the vote has already been certified.

https://guyanatimesgy.com/jagd...threat-to-democracy/

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Why is it that the Prime Ministers of St Kitts Nevis, Dominica or St. Vincent & the Grenadines never meet with the ABC and yet Guyanese politicians always do?

I thought that we were the largest English speaking Caribbean nation, the 3rd to get our independence, and were no longer a colony.

What Jagdeo ought to be doing is reassuring the 45% of the population who distrust him that his stooge, who he ordains as president, will govern in an inclusive manner.

I bet that Guyanese politicians probably meet with the ABC even more than those from the UK territories like the Cayman Islands!

FM

The person who runs the CGID is a US citizen and so can appeal to the US gov't as is his right.  Unless you are about to disclose that Jagdeo is a citizen of some ABC nation he doesnt. 

He should be working with various parts of civic society to demonstrate that the PPP has learned its lesson and will not be the criminal enterprise that it was under the Jagdeo/Ramotar regime.  And I dont mean just his fellow oligarchs in the PSC.

But anyway Guyana is like the 52 year old man still running to Mummy, even when the kids like the Cayman Islands dont. The only conversation that the Cayman Islands has with the UK is to tell them to get out of their business.

FM
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Here yo go spinning BS again.

ABC and EU have a large stake in Guyana and meeting with Jagdeo regarding the NC confidence vote and threat to democracy is significant here. This was not a chit chat meeting.

This should be a wake up call for the AFC PNC to do the honourable thing by resigning and holding elections.

Faling to do results in an undemocratic and dictatorship administration, ABC and EU will have NONE to if.

Just sit back and watch ! Burnham and Hoyte rigging time finished a loooongggg time ago. Dictatorship is part of all you PNC DNA.

Rather than preparing for election, all you want to squat in office.

FM
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caribny posted:

The person who runs the CGID is a US citizen and so can appeal to the US gov't as is his right.

But anyway Guyana is like the 52 year old man still running to Mummy, even when the kids like the Cayman Islands dont. The only conversation that the Cayman Islands has with the UK is to tell them to get out of their business.

When you have people trying to be bullies, you need help....

FM
yuji22 posted:

Here yo go spinning BS again.

ABC and EU have a large stake in Guyana 

Here is what I suggest that you do.  Tell all of the Guyanese politicians to resign. Have the ABC nations select who should be the governor of Guyana, and let the assorted Canadian and US corporations determine who is going to be in the LegCo. Because you are being seriously colonial now.

But maybe you are correct given the disaster that 60 years of PPP/PNC ruin.

FM
Ray posted:
 

When you have people trying to be bullies, you need help....

Jamaican politics is way more violent than is Guyana's and I dont see them running to the ABC. Jamaicans know that Jamaica is for Jamaicans which means that it is ONLY Jamaicans who are responsible for solving their nations problems.

But I see love for this white God is a PPP thing. No shock given that you all loved a white FOREIGNER!

FM

@ Carib.

Here you go what your BS again. PNC has to comply with the constitution. The government has to resign and hold election in 90 days as stipulated by the constitution.

Why de rass all you afraid of  free and fair elections ? You all don't have shame ? Every single time all you lose, it takes an international effort to ask all you respect the constitution and laws of Guyana !

Shame on YOU and the PNC !

FM
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yuji22 posted:

 

This should be a wake up call for the AFC PNC to do the honourable thing by resigning and holding elections.

 

Listen to your fellow Indo KKK sister Bibi. She rejoices with all of these antics.  You see the longer the Coalition takes to understand that they lost the NC the less time they have to reinvent themselves to interest THEIR OWN base to vote for them.

It is this behavior which has moved my prediction of a PPP victory from 55% to 100%. I had hoped that many APNU and the AFC would have sat down and selected a whole new cast, younger, brighter and more creative. But no they waste time.

Now you should grow some testicles and quit screaming "black man a kill ahbe".  Right now black man is killing himself because slavery begins in March 2019 when you all come back with "we tek back de gov't from black man and black NEVER gun rule again".

FM
Ray posted:

Wasn't it CGID who made an international case about killings of blacks in Guyana? 

Well the difference is the COLOR OF THE SKIN and TEXTURE OF THE HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sure you did not need me to tell you this. RACIST TO DAH BONE!!!!

Nehru

And understand this.  ABC nations are now TIRED of Guyana. The UK has Brexit and BOTH Canada and the USA have Trump to worry about.

Some malarial swamp populated by people who yearn for the return of the colonial masters is a very BORING topic for them.

I bet the various heads of mission right in their communiques "what is wrong with these people?  Why can't they be like the Barbadians?" 

We are like a bunch of little infants, squabbling with each other and running to Mummy. Now Jagdeo is wailing "Mummy is not fair. Harmon don' want to play wid me".

FM
ksazma posted:

So was it wrong for the Coalition government to get assistance from the ABC back in 2015?

What the difference in the color of the skin and the texture of the hair makes. Open, blatant RACISM to the MAX, plain and simple!!!

Nehru
Ray posted:

Wasn't it CGID who made an international case about killings of blacks in Guyana? 

Ray, these same IDIOTS are here on RECORD as saying the PPP Govt should give up their Sovereignty to ABC Countries, balling that the PPP did not accept British influence and Help. Racism is a disease that blinds the Dumb and stupid!!!

Nehru

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