President Donald Ramotar on Sunday told his supporters in Brooklyn, New York, that general and local government elections cannot be held simultaneously and once again issued a call for Opposition Leader David Granger to be clear on which of the polls he wants.
Speaking at a town hall-style meeting, organised by the Association of Concerned Guyanese, the president accused Granger of speaking from both sides of his mouth by supporting the no-confidence motion filed by AFC and also for local government elections. If the AFC’s motion is passed in the National Assembly, then the government would be forced to resign and new general and regional elections would have to be held.
“Well, my mother used to say you can’t have in cake and have it in bake; you can’t have it both ways, you have to make up your mind what you want. Local government and national elections cannot be held together, that’s the reality. So, I wrote Mr Granger and I haven’t got a reply from him as yet,” Ramotar said in a recording from the meeting heard by this newspaper.
Granger had written to the president and demanded that he set a date for the polls within a week’s time, prompting Ramotar to seek a clarification in the light of APNU’s public endorsement of the AFC’s motion, which it intends to support. The deadline has since passed and Granger, who maintains that his position is clear, has since announced plans for public protests to press for his demands.
Ramotar said he wanted clarity on what Granger wanted since his ambiguity adds more uncertainty to the political landscape of the country.
The president is currently in New York to lead Guyana’s delegation at the United Nation’s inaugural
