Letters to the Editor

Has Canada abandoned Guyana?

Dear Editor, Even though there has been a political “progress” in Guyana in that general elections will be on March 2, 2020, we are not out of the woods.

Life of Parliament ended on September 18

Dear Editor, The life of the National Assembly ended on 18 September 2019 as a result of the non-extension of its life by a two-thirds vote as required by the Constitution for such extended period as determined by the National Assembly.

President’s remarks would appear to be a rejection of WPA cash transfer proposal

Dear Editor, Demerara Waves in a report carried on September 23, 2019, quoted President David Granger in his address to the members of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly (IDPADA) annual meeting on Sunday 22, 2019, as saying the following: “My administration’s priority is ensuring that Guyanese have access to high- quality, free education across the country instead of doing `handouts’ to the population.

David Granger has only himself to blame for his status as usurper

Dear Editor, Two hundred and seventy-eight days after the successful passage of the No-confidence motion, out-of-time caretaker President David Granger has once again made a temporizing statement; Granger has dangled the ‘carrot’ of an election date in the hope that the People’s Progressive Party will return to Parliament on the 10th October 2019 and extend the life of his as-of-now illegal administration.

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