United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch yesterday defended Washington’s move to impose sanctions against persons here acting to derail democracy, while saying that it is driven by the concern that it and over 130 other nations share about the repeated efforts to undermine the will of the people.
“We [the United States] are friends of Guyana. As you know we have been providing assistance here for years and have great cooperation with Guyana on many common objectives we have in the hemisphere. Our objective is to make sure that democratic principles are adhered to as well as the rule of law,” Lynch told a virtual press conference yesterday.
“We are focused on Guyana. It has nothing to do with any other nation. We are not alone in our conclusions here. Over 130 nations, as I mentioned… have all come to the same conclusion that this national vote recount is the count that needs to be used in order to make sure the will of the Guyanese people stand,” she added.