Granger pledges to set up veterans department

Part of the gathering at the meeting. (APNU+AFC photo)

If elected at the upcoming polls, APNU+AFC coalition presidential candidate David Granger has pledged to set up a National Veterans Department to protect and advance the welfare of former servicemen and women.

Granger made the commitment in his address to over 300 ex-members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and other well-wishers at a meeting in Queens,