EU team to lobby gov’t, judiciary on abolishing death penalty

Derek Lambe

A team from the European Union (EU) Delegation in Guyana will tomorrow be meeting with government and the judiciary to discuss Guyana’s need to join with other countries worldwide in abolishing the death penalty.

Derek Lambe, Head of Political, Press and Infor-mation Section of the EU Delegation, told Stabroek News that dialogue will be held with Minister State Joseph Harmon at the Ministry of Presidency and also with the acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Carl Singh.

According to Lambe, this will present an opportunity to lobby the government and get a sense of how it views the issue.

Lambe said that one of main messages that will be put to government during the dialogue is that historically in countries,