Opposition Leader David Granger is urging the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish a permanent National Borders Commission to boost institutional strengthening on issues regarding Guyana’s territorial integrity.
Granger had proposed that the Commission be established during his January 2012 meeting with Professor Norman Girvan who was recently reappointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his Personal Representative to support him in his role as the UN Good Officer in the Guyana-Venezuela border matter. Granger had also recommended that the Commission should take responsibility for accumulating data and documents on territorial matters, a press release from APNU said.
Granger’s recommendation comes in the wake of the seizure by the Venezuelan army of
