Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday reiterated that his country does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the border controversy with Guyana.
This declaration came after members of his government celebrated that the ruling yesterday of the ICJ did not suspend the upcoming December 3 referendum.
Guyana had applied to the ICJ to not have the referendum carried out in its present form and the court yesterday said that Caracas can take no step to alter this country’s control over Essequibo. There have been fears here that question five in the referendum was tantamount to the annexation of Essequibo.
