Suspension of Parliament…President to invite opposition to talks

Donald Ramotar

President Donald Ramotar yesterday said that in the next few days he will invite the combined opposition to talks on the way forward following his suspension of Parliament.

Both the main opposition APNU and the AFC have previously said they will not be entertaining talks with Ramotar outside of Parliament and have accused him of proroguing Parliament simply to avoid a motion of no-confidence against his government.

Ramotar stressed yesterday that international mediation will not be looked at as yet as he first preferred to exhaust local measures before seeking outside help. If all methods fail, then Ramotar said he will no doubt call elections and let the populace decide on the government.

“In a matter of days I will be inviting the opposition in for us to begin the dialogue…