Georgetown : The Alliance For Change in a statement this afternoon says the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice in the case of the Attorney General of Guyana vs Cedric Richardson is consistent with the Constitution of Guyana and what it intends. Presidential term limit is an essential feature of modern democratic societies to which Guyana has subscribed and we must not be bullied into regression to satisfy the power-hungry ambitions of one man.
This decision by Guyana’s highest court reaffirms the paramountcy of the rule of law and of the sovereignty of the Parliament as it must never be forgotten that the Parliament of Guyana unanimously approved the raft of constitutional reforms that ushered in an era of inclusive governance where “winner take all” politics was dismantled.
The party which forms the APNU/AFC coalition government says “as every Guyanese knows, this case, with Cedric Richardson used as a pawn, was about one man – Bharrat Jagdeo – and his unnatural obsession with power. This case is not about the rights of Guyanese which are protected by the Constitution, it was not about freedom of choice, it was a last ditch attempt by Jagdeo and his acolytes to shamelessly attempt to grab power through the back door. The intent was to engineer a second round of pillaging of the national treasury as he had done for the twelve years of his presidency.
This case was about Jagdeo accessing Guyana’s oil wealth and doling out the remaining oil blocks to his friends and cronies.
It was however a desperate attempt by Jagdeo and his cabal who have literally run out of options having been resoundingly rejected by the Guyanese people, who, with each passing day, are feeling more and more disconnected and estranged from the PPP.
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