The head of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ramesh Persaud yesterday questioned the timing of APNU’s call for public protests to push for the holding of local government elections, even as Opposition Leader David Granger defended the move.
Granger said the timing is perfect because President Donald Ramotar’s adverse posture to setting a date for the polls, which have been continually delayed since 1997, represents the single most serious breach of the constitution. He also pointed out that APNU’s lobby for the elections has been ignored for nearly a year.
In an address to the nation on Thursday evening, Granger announced plans for peaceful protests as he sought to ratchet up the lobby for the run off of the polls. The announcement came after
