The Opposition is still not satisfied with the approach taken by the PPP/C administration regarding its handling of the latest Venezuelan threat to Guyana’s sovereignty and is suggesting among other things, the need for what it refers to as enhanced defence diplomacy.
In the latest of its series of press releases yesterday on the aforementioned issue, the opposition reiterated from the outset, its commitment to a unified front on the territorial controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. But while this was so, it also noted that “the united front does not absolve us of the responsibility to highlight the shortcomings in the government’s response to the threat at our western border.”
Further, it posited that the government needs to be “genuine” in upholding the consultative and inclusive process so that stakeholders, including the Opposition, do not feel the need to resort to public forums to air their views.