Maintaining that Guyana’s local content law is not in violation of any CARICOM Treaty obligation, Attorney-General Anil Nandlall has said this nation will abide with all commitments made and therefore any talk of leaving CARICOM is rubbish,
“I wish to assure that our government considers our membership in CARICOM as invaluable to national development, as well as fundamental to our status as a sovereign nation,” Nandall told the Stabroek News as he sought to settle the matter, which has been publicly debated. “CARICOM, both as a unitary whole and its individual member states have long been and will continue to be strong developmental partners of Guyana. Concomitantly, international law, as well as conditionalities under various treaties, aggregate to mandate that Guyana discharge the duties and obligations which those treaties devolve upon Guyana. We are cognisant of those responsibilities. As regards the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas [RToC], our position is no different. We are committed to our obligations thereunder,” he added.
