Faced with accusations that his arbitrary suspension of the Parliament to avoid being voted out of office by opposition was anti-democratic and dictatorial, President Donald Ramotar yesterday continued to try to make a case for his decision.
At a news conference at the Office of the President, Ramotar hit out at claims of aiming for a dictatorial rule n Guyana and maintained that he had acted well within the limits of the constitution. “Prorogation is in our constitution and I acted within the constitution. I acted legally and democratically in that regard,” he said. “The application that its created a dictatorship or a semi-dictatorship and all of that makes no sense when you think about it, because prorogation does not give me a new power, or anything new or new authority that will make me a dictator,” he added.
Ramotar believes that such claims were used to “fool people” and create “misunderstanding and confusion.”
Ramotar on Monday issued the proclamation to prorogue the Parliament,
