Sharing the view that public awareness on the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy needs to be amplified swiftly, the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations yesterday agreed that a motion be laid in the National Assembly to ensure this process,
“We spoke about the collaboration on the public relations and [sensitization] campaign. We are working on having a joint parliamentary motion to deliberate on the same matter; that is to deal with all of the events coming out of Caracas and Guyana’s strong commitment on preserving its sovereignty,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd, who chaired yesterday’s sitting, told Stabroek News.
Former Minister Raphael Trotman was the last Chairperson of the Committee but he had resigned and the process to trigger another has not yet happened. The Speaker of the National Assembly is supposed to convene a meeting of the Committee before a new Chair can be selected but this is still to happen.