Venezuela’s referendum on Guyana’s Essequibo can be interpreted as an attempt to “defeat” the purpose of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the litigation that is now before it seeking affirmation of the 1899 arbitral ruling as a final settlement of the boundary between the two countries.
This is according to Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall SC who said that the November 6th emergency sitting of the National Assembly on the Venezuelan crisis will see the government and the opposition unite on the issue.
Monday’s special parliamentary sitting is among local efforts aimed at urgently addressing the escalating tensions to counter Venezuela’s most recent claims to Guyana’s Essequibo.
