Speaker urges talks on rejected US democracy project

Raphael Trotman

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman hopes to bridge disagreements between government and the United States over the American-financed $300 million Leadership and Democra-cy Project (LEAD) from which Parliament was expected to benefit.

“The project is too valuable to Guyana for it  be scuttled or scrapped…I would like to speak to the US Ambassador and government to see if anything can be done to address the concerns… My view is that there are valid concerns by both parties but we can’t lose this project…,” Trotman told Stabroek News in an interview.

Government has stated that it would not entertain a request by the US government for talks on the