Opposition drawing international attention to prorogation

Two weeks after President Donald Ramotar suspended Parliament, the opposition parties APNU and AFC continue their efforts to draw international attention to the matter but they differ on their expectations of the role of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) in the matter.

Leader of APNU David Granger told Stabroek News yesterday that tomorrow, letters will be dispatched to Caricom, the Organisation of American States (OAS), and Union of South American States (UNASUR), among other bodies. He noted that APNU had previously met with the American, British, Canadian and European envoys but also plan to formally write to them as well.

He said that their aim is to notify and put pressure on the Government of Guyana to comply with the Constitution in terms of local government election and to reconvene Parlia-ment so that the