Dr Cheddi “Joey” Jagan Jnr has condemned the Donald Ramotar administration’s decision to suspend the Parliament, saying it is “anti-democratic” and “bordering on dictatorship.”
Jagan Jnr, the son of late president and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) founder Dr Cheddi Jagan, also calls the prorogation a slap in the face to his father’s legacy and service to the nation.
“Mr Ramotar’s decision to prorogue Parliament is a decision that I, a member of the PPP/Civic list in the 2011 general election, cannot accept, but only condemn as anti-democratic and bordering on dictatorship,” he writes in a letter to the editor published in yesterday’s Stabroek News.
Ramotar issued the proclamation for the suspension of Parliament on Monday to avoid a no-confidence vote against his government in the National Assembly.
He said if attempts at dialogue with the opposition fail during the prorogation period,
