Attorney at law and commentator Christopher Ram has said that Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC should be concerned that Guyana has ceded legislative sovereignty to ExxonMobil.
In a letter that appears in today’s Stabroek News, Ram was referring to, among other things, the Stability clause in the much-criticised 2016 Pro-duction Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil which circumscribes legislative changes.
Ram’s comment came as public concern grows that statements made by the Attorney General following Thursday’s meeting between President Irfaan Ali and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appear intended to curtail the strong local criticism of ExxonMobil over what has been seen as an exploitative deal.
Nandlall on Saturday sounded a note of caution about what he termed “reckless speculative pontification” and “loose public statements” on the Venezuela controversy, arguing that such had harmed this country in its border issue with its neighbour to the east, Suriname.