President David Granger on Friday shrugged off criticisms over his pardoning of dozens of persons convicted of minor offences, while saying he will do so again.
“Some people are quarrelling…,” Granger said on Friday to hundreds of students and teachers who had gathered at the National Park, where a rally was held to conclude the observance of Education Month. “But I say to them [prisoners] go your way and sin no more. Get out of jail and go to college, go to universities instead… I will do it again next year and my critics will keep on complaining,” he added, while stressing that young people should be in school and not jail.
His comments appeared to be a response to the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), which has voiced its concern over the secretive manner in which the pardons were done. “While the Bar Association supports the principle of pardon, we regret that until these questions are