Backer calls for stronger army to protect borders

Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Deborah Backer of APNU has called on government to strengthen the Guyana Defence Force to better defend the country’s territorial integrity, saying Guyana might have already become an oil producing nation if this had been done.

“A Partnership for National Unity recommends and history demands that our Guyana Defence Force once again attain a capacity that can enhance our diplomatic leverage and economic activities.

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