Dear Editor,
PLEASE indulge me once again. I have a legal question for the lawyers in Guyana and moreso, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

I am no lawyer, but as far as I am aware, when a dual citizen is in his country of birth then the second nation where he has citizenship does not have a legal obligation to protect him, since he is under the jurisdiction of the country which provided his primary citizenship.

I said this because when I left Guyana and circumstances surrounding me leaving, namely the victimisation and harassment of PPP agents, I did some research into it. From my research and legal advice, I’ve learnt that if I return to Guyana as a dual citizen, then if the PPP Government wished to harass or victimise me, then there was not much the British Government could actually have done, since I’m in the country of my birth and primary citizenship.

It is for this and many other reasons that I chose to renounce my Guyanese citizenship. Freeing myself from that burden of victimisation and harassment of the PPP Government. I write this to ask the question: if this policy applies to Canadian dual citizens, a country for which the British Queen is its Head of State? If this is the case, then what is the legal rational for Mr. Charrandass Persaud being taken out of Guyana, a country which provided his primary citizenship?

For me, Guyana as his primary country of citizenship dictates whose policy he follows, unless of course he provides significant evidence that his life was at risk. In that case, then he is taken to Canada, not so much as a Canadian citizen, but under human rights laws. I would welcome clarification on this matter.

Regards
Dr. Mark Devonish MBBS MSc MRCP(UK) FRCP(Edin)
Consultant Acute Medicine
Nottingham University Hospital
UK