Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton yesterday declared that Venezuela is hell-bent on cheating Guyana of its territory and he called on the government to step up the recapitalizing of the GDF and upgrading of the diplomatic service to roll back Caracas’ designs.
“Guyana must deal with Venezuela as an adversary that is hell-bent on cheating us out of territory that has been legally Guyana’s as a result of the Arbitral Award of 1899 which constitutes a full and perfect settlement of the border between Guyana and Venezuela”, he told a press conference yesterday.
Norton said that the opposition was also calling on the government to bring into effect Article 33 of the Guyana Constitution which states, “It is the duty of every citizen to defend the State.”
