OPPOSITION Leader, David Granger’s unfamiliarity with foreign policy and international diplomacy has been revealed, according to the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). 

“His inadequacies as a leader has been exposed as he continues to make irrational and uninformed utterances against the PPP/C Government with respect to the revocation of a work permit for Glen Bradbury in relation to the PPP/C Government rejections of the USAID LEAD project in its present form,” the PPP said in a statement.
The party said “Mr. Granger’s arrogant outburst renders him a stranger to foreign policy and therefore incapable of making any meaningful contribution on such matter”.
“His criticisms of the Government pose direct and immediate dangers as it promotes disrespect to Guyana’s right to defend its national interest and to take independent positions. Granger makes it appears as if it is a crime for the government to protect our sovereignty,” the ruling party said.
The PPP said it will not countenance any position which will render Guyana a mere flag bearing mendicant which clearly Mr. Granger wants us to be.
The PPP said there is little understanding on APNU’s part in respect to the many ways in which foreign policy is managed and “we therefore condemn his unpatriotic offerings”.
“It could only be that Granger is so preoccupied and perplexed by his own knowledge deficiency on this subject, that he has demonstrated such inability to evaluate this matter from a broader, objective and nationalist perspective,” the PPP contended.
It said that, as far as APNU is concerned, protecting the national interests is a crime. Other countries, all over the world have stood up for their right to independence and sovereignty, not excluding lessons from Guyana’s history including our fight for independence. The PPP noted that Granger, as a historian of some acclaim, ought to be familiar with the anti-slavery movement and Guyana’s struggle for independence and the right to self-determination.
“The PPP, along with thousands of Guyanese, are prepared to stand up and pay the price for exercising our right to sovereignty and protection of our national interests. Our history is replete with lessons of struggles for dignity and respect,” the party stated.
It said the APNU’s cowardly and weak-hearted position is out of sync with the reality of today’s world, and that such foreign policy utterances are without traction among the populace who are keen on the need for Guyana to protect its national interests.
It noted, too, APNU/AFC’s support for Glen Bradbury who has arrogated until himself the role similar to that of Caesar’s Consuls in days of the Roman Empire.

“Bradbury has engaged himself in the internal political affairs of Guyana. His arrogance, deceitful and counter-productive approaches would not be entertained by any self-respecting nation,” the PPP declared.
The party said it has found that Bradbury has been engaging institutions without their approval. He has also been misrepresenting reality and abusing long established protocols. The PPP said it is disappointed that the U.S. embassy would associate itself with Bradbury who has exposed himself to the disgust of stakeholders.
The PPP said it supports the Government of Guyana’s decision to revoke the work permit of Mr. Bradbury.