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– rejects Merkel’s call GUYANA CHRONICLE, Monday February 18, 2019 to work with Russia
President cannot unilaterally set election date MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Addressing an audience that included Mike Pence rebuked European powers Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, Pence’s speech was over Iran and Venezuela on Saturday in the latest attempt by a Trump administration a renewed attack on Washington’s tradi- official to put the president’s “America First” tional allies, rejecting a call by Germany’s agenda into a coherent policy plan. chancellor to include Russia in global coEuropean leaders are troubled by Trump’s operation efforts. rhetoric, which they say is erratic and disrupIn speeches and in private talks at the Mu- tive, citing his decision to pull out of the 2015 By Marshall Pence Opposition beennuclear calling deal as “Itundermining would be fool nichSvetlana Security Conference, and Chancel-has Iran an hardy arms for President David Grangto say hold elections in three lor Angela Merkel laid out competing visions control agreement that prevented Tehran from ATTORNEY General and er to set a date for General months, without consulting for how the West should address world crises. developing a nuclear bomb. Legal Affairs Minister, Ba- Elections within the 90-day GECOM, to know wheth“Americasaid is stronger than timeframe ever before,as stipulated But Pence, last week accused Britain, sil Williams President by who er GECOM could deliver,” and America is leading on the world stage Germany and France of undermining David Granger cannot fix the Constitution of Guyana. Minister Williams toldU.S. the onceelection again,” date Penceunless told European Asian sanctions on Iran, repeated his demand for an he Theand government and other residents. officials in Munich, what interested he described European powers toHe withdraw the deal. is advised by the listing Guyana parties have chalsaid thatfrom GECOM has aslU.S. Afghan“The time has come for our2014, European E e c t iforeign o n s Cpolicy o m m successes i s s i o n from lenged the validity of the indicated since that (GECOM). motion.” any sudden would istan to North Korea, and urging “passed support from partners to withdraw fromelections the disastrous “The President really and However, at the level of require at least six months. American allies. Iran nuclear deal,” he said, and later pressed truly“America cannot fix an does election GECOM, the six commisaddition to that,talks. he said, in First not mean America Merkel over theIn issue in bilateral date unless he ishailing advised sioners, drawn fromHe thealso gov-reiterated 2018, without any knowledge alone,” he said, thebyresults of Donald to her Washington’s the chairman of GECOM ernment and theopposition opposition,to the of Nord a no-confidence motion, Trump’s presidency as “remarkable” and “exStream 2 gas pipethat they are in a position remain at loggerhead on the the GECOM budgeted $3B traordinary”, and calling on the EU to follow line under construction between Russia and to run off this election,” the commission’s state of readi- for the conduct of HouseWashington in quitting the Iran nuclear deal, Germany under the Baltic Sea. “We cannot attorney general said, as he ness. The secretariat, headed to-House Registration to and recognising thethan head 300 of Venezuela’s con- Elections strengthenOfthe West by becoming dependent addressed more by the Chief produce a new Official List gress, Juan Guaido, as the country’s president. on the East,” Pence said. residents on Sunday, in the ficer Keith Lowenfield, has of Electors.
– AG tells Karasabai residents
village of Karasabai, located in the South Pakaraimas mountains. Since the December 21, vote of no-confidence in the National Assembly, the
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indicated that it is ready to be operationalised but it must receive approval and directives from the commission, chaired by Justice (ret’d) James Patterson.
“This House-to-House Registration is to clean up that list and to add to the list those young people who have turned 18 since the 2015 elections, and young people
the EU over Venezuela’s political crisis. “Today, we call on the European Union to step forward for freedom and recognise Juan Guaido as the only legitimate president of Venezuela,” he said, calling President Nicolas tomorrow, they are the maMaduro a dictator who must step down. jority ‘AMERICA in our population, In his roving address, Pence also stepped WILLand BE BACK’ it would be unconstitutional up U.S. pressure on Chinese telecoms gear Speaking before Pence, Merkel quesfor you to deprive them of companies such as Huawei Technologies Co, tioned whether the U.S. decision to leave their franchise,” he said. urging allies to avoid the firms, and saying the Minister Iran nuclear deal and withdrawal from Williams added Syriathe wasnational the best registraway to tackle Tehran in Chinese law requires them to give Beijing that access to networks and data. the region. tion process will also see a removal of apersons who are China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi rejected During question-and-answer session, now deceased, inclusion she added that itand would be wrong to exclude Pence’s comments. “Chinese law doesn’t of young eligible voters. As itsaid Washington require companies to install back doors to colRussia politically, but Pence is, he said “the list is a dirty was “holding Russia accountable” for its 2014 lect intelligence,” Yang told the conference. list and of it has to be cleansed”. Yang, one of the architects of Chinese seizure Ukraine, and what the West says are efforts to destabilise it through cyber attacks, foreign policy, echoed Merkel’s vision, APPEAL saying the world should “pull together” disinformation covert operations. Explaining and that,although Europe can’t have an to address global challenges, while former the “Geostrategically, Chief Justice Roxane interest in cutting has off upheld all relations with Rus- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden got a standGeorge-Wiltshire Attorney General Basil Williams speaks ing ovation for a speech in which he said sia,” Merkel said. the ruling of the Speaker of at the meeting at Karasabai that after Trump, close traditional U.S.-EU Pence, who used his trip to Europe to push the National Assembly Dr. he noted, has also asked the Minister told the Barton the mo-sovereign would resume. “AmericaWilliams will be back,” he Trump’sScotland, policy ofthat favouring states to stay the residents. tion was carried by a majority as opposed to alliances and blocs,Appellate took aim Court at said. Merkel, who made a robust defence of Germany’s foreign trade relations and ties with Russia during her speech, said later it was unreasonable to assume that Russia as you be know are the future of supplier. would an unreliable energy
vote, the government and other parties have appealed the High Court’s decision on the ground that 34 constitute an absolute majority and not 33. The Government,
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decision of the High Court, and to grant a conservatory order to preserve the status quo ante of the Government, the Cabinet and all its ministers, until a final determination by the courts. He noted, too, that while the Appeal Court will rule on the matter, it is the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that will issue the final ruling in the matter which has gripped the nation’s attention. Minister Williams said that contrary to the utterances of the opposition, the Constitution does not stipulate that the government must resign at this stage, in light of the ‘perceived defeat.’ “There cannot be any vacuum in government, so the government will continue in office,” he said. Article 106 (7) states, that notwithstanding its defeat, the government shall remain in office until a new President is sworn in. “So the framers of the Constitution have provided the solution in the event that a situation like this occurs. There is nothing in the Constitution like interim government and caretaker government and all that nonsense,”
He emphasised that the doctrine of necessity would never allow for the country to be without a government in place. At this stage, he said it is important for the Opposition to get together with the Government and have consultations with GECOM on the best possible date. He said both the Government and the Opposition would need to return to Parliament to extend the date for elections, through a vote by a two-thirds majority in the House. Whenever those elections are held, the citizens of Guyana should elect leaders that would manage the resources, particularly its oil and gas, effectively and efficiently to the benefit of the people. He said the APNU+AFC Government in under four years in office, and has shown its ability to manage the country’s resources, and attract much-needed investors. The transformation has started, and the David Granger administration should be allowed to complete the work it has started.
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