As post-election tensions here continue, CARICOM Chairperson and Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley will tomorrow lead a delegation of regional heads here PPP/C General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo today confirmed.
Mottley will be accompanied by Prime Minister of Grenada Dr Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves and Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit.
Jagdeo told Stabroek News that the delegation has already contacted his party and will be meeting with him sometime tomorrow.
Mottley last Saturday called on Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials and the political leadership to work together to ensure that the tabulation of the results from Monday’s polling is done according to the law in order for a peaceful and legal completion of the process.
“We are very clear, every vote must be made to count; and transparently so,” Mottley had said in a statement as she emphasized that the preservation of law and order is paramount. “It is critical that good sense prevail.”
Prime Minister Mottley’s office today issued the following statement:
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley will lead a delegation of regional Prime Ministers on a special two-day mission to Guyana, starting tomorrow March 11.
The chairman of CARICOM will be joined by Prime Ministers Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica, Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Keith Mitchell of Grenada.
In an effort to ease tension in the country and assist in arriving at a resolution to the impasse that resulted from last Monday’s general elections, the delegation will meet with the leadership of all parties that contested the poll.
Additionally, the CARICOM heads will meet with representatives of the Commonwealth, Organisation of American States, European Union and Carter Centre observer missions that were in the country to monitor the conduct of the elections.
Roy Morris
Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
