The main opposition PNCR has organized a protest today, to call for an investigation by Interpol into the administration’s dealings with regards to the cocaine connections following revelations in a New York court.
The Party’s Co-Chair, Volda Lawrence said that the participants would assemble at the intersection of Mandela Avenue and Joseph Pollydore Street at 9:30am today before moving off. The march will end with a rally at the Parade Ground, she told Stabroek News.
The party had protested in front of Parliament Buildings on Thursday after walking out, while the National Assembly was in session. Party MPs had walked out after Leader Robert Corbin was unable to raise as a matter of urgent public importance, the issue of links between the government and drug trafficker Roger Khan, revelations which were made in an on-going trial in a US court.
Corbin led an exodus of the Party’s MPs after the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran disallowed his application for an urgent debate on the recent testimony of Selwyn Vaughn in a New York Court, where it was alleged that Khan had ties to a government minister. Corbin, in a letter to the Speaker, also sought to have the Assembly approve a move calling for Interpol to be invited to probe the allegations.
Alliance For Change (AFC) MPs had earlier decided not to even enter the Chambers and had said that there is a crisis of governance.
AFC’s Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan has called for a full inquiry by in independent international tribunal into the allegations.
