Pres. Granger must pursue his vision for Guyana – AG Williams
― Hopetown residents urged to make their vote count at next General and Regional Elections
DPI, Guyana, Friday, April 26, 2019
Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC., said Guyanese should support President David Granger and his team in pursuing and achieving their vision for Guyana. In no uncertain terms, he said this will only be done if all citizens make themselves ready for the next elections whenever they are called.
The Attorney General was addressing residents of Hopetown, West Coast of Berbice on Thursday. He, along with Minister within the Ministry of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes were part of a ministerial delegation that fanned out across the region, following the ‘government comes to you’ event at the Forth Wellington Regional Democratic Council (RDC).
According to Minister Williams, President Granger has already begun delivering the good life for all Guyanese.
“There is no question about it that life is going to be better. The oil will come on stream. Our lives are going to be transformed,” he told the residents, much to their satisfaction.
He, therefore, urged the residents to make their vote count at the next General and Regional Elections.
“The next elections we don’t expect you to turn out and give us a one-seat majority. There is no way I am going to accept a one seat difference.”
He said the opposition is “losing its mind” over its ability to control Guyana’s new found wealth, especially after it has been in the driving seat for the last 23 years. He reminded that the previous administration had marginalised certain communities.
He said the opposition’s calculated plan to bring down the administration failed miserably. He said they used the announcement of President Granger’s illness to “strike”, but that plan backfired.
“They were saying that there would have to have elections in three months. We must not allow treachery to prosper. They were foiled because we devised a legal plan which enabled the president to be where he is now that is complete all the treatment. And he is over the difficulty that he had, and he is still the Presidential candidate, and he will lead us to victory.”
The Attorney General said the government is rooting for success at the level of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) level notwithstanding that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) must determine its readiness for elections.
“Irrespective of what decision the CCJ makes, there has to be some registration done and elections will have to be held sometime later this year or early next year, that is, if it is overturned.”
If it is upheld, he said, “then it will be business as usual”.
Alexis Rodney.
Images: Tejpaul Bridgemohan.