President David Granger on Tuesday evening pledged to banish piracy from Region Six while pleading again with supporters to ensure that APNU+AFC wins the entire East Berbice-Corentyne.
Promising to make Region Six safe, Granger said at Skeldon, “The APNU+AFC government will abolish piracy in Region Six”. He stated that after taking office in 2015 there were many piracy attacks which led his administration to start a “rigorous programme of air patrol, a rigorous programme of maritime patrols and we practically abolished piracy”.
He further noted that a Commission of Inquiry into the piracy attack off of Suriname in April 2018 was established and that last week a report with recommendations was presented to him which will be implemented by the APNU+AFC administration if it won the elections. At least 12 Guyanese died in that attack.
