Gov’t refusing to accept minority status – opposition tells Commonwealth team

President Donald Ramotar (right) in discussions with Commonwealth Deputy Secretary General Deodat Maharaj (centre) and Commonwealth Political Affairs Advisor, Caribbean and Pacific, Tafawa Williams. (GINA photo)

A visiting Commonwealth Secretariat delegation got an earful this week from the opposition on how the government is refusing to accept its minority status in Parliament.

Following their meeting with the Commonwealth’s Deputy Secretary General, Deodat Maharaj, the Alliance for Change is preparing to dispatch a dossier of complaints pointing out violations of the Charter of the grouping of former British colonies by the government.

“We talked