Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana Address by Brigadier David Granger, MSS President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the 11th Parliament, Georgetown, on 9th July 2015.
Mr Speaker;
Honourable Prime Minister and Leader of the House;
Honourable Members of the National Assembly;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
Ladies and gentlemen;
I have decided to address this Assembly on a matter of national importance in accordance with Article 67 (1) of the Constitution of Guyana. I wish to bring you abreast with the developments in relation to the Decrees that have been issued by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and which have impinged on the exercise of Guyana’s sovereignty and our rights to our Exclusive Economic Zone.
President Nicolás Maduro Moros of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reported on 6th July that he had “replaced” Decree No. 1.787 that purported
