Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall SC has called on the Inter-Parliamentary Union to condemn the actions of the Republic of Venezuela and demand that Caracas respect the legal processes of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
A release from the Attorney General’s Chambers/ Ministry of Legal Affairs informed that these remarks were made by the Attorney General yesterday in his address to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly in Luanda, Angola. He invited the assembly to condemn the actions of Venezuela, and demand that Venezuela respects the legal process of the ICJ while declaring that “Time is of the essence.”
Venezuela has engaged in threatening behaviour over the last two months in particular and is pressing for direct talks on the border controversy between the two countries even though the case is now at the ICJ. It also plans to hold a referendum on Guyana’s Essequibo on December 3rd in a move that Georgetown says is tantamount to the annexation of territory.