Granger satisfied with CARICOM mediation of elections impasse

President David Granger yesterday said that he was satisfied with the mediation efforts of the five Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of State who concluded a two-day visit here yesterday and promised to abide by the constitution and the decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on the outcome of the March 2 general and regional elections.

“The five Prime Ministers, Barbados, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines [and Grenada] came to Guyana and they were honest. They were committed to working with Guyana and the stakeholders in Georgetown and the rest of the country to craft a path forward out of the present situation,” Granger was quoted as saying in a statement released by the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday.