…President assures security forces will ensure environment of public order
President David Granger has once again assured that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will deliver free, fair and credible elections March this year and that the security forces will ensure an environment of public order and stability.
In his New Year’s Day message the Guyanese Leader reminded that elections are this year and that the proclamations – dissolving parliament on 30th December 2019 and designating 2nd March 2020 as Election Day have been signed already. “We will have the opportunity to elect representatives to the National Assembly and Regional Democratic Councils. The free exercise of our franchise will determine who we choose to manage the affairs of state over the next five years,” President Granger said.
He told the nation that General and Regional Elections provide the opportunity for the election of leaders to govern the country during an era of high-levels of economic growth and human development. “Political parties will be mobilised fully; the population will turn out in large numbers; the Elections Commission will deliver free, fair and credible elections and the security forces will ensure an environment of public order and stability before, during and after the elections.”
President Granger said it is fitting, also, to iterate Guyana’s intention to strengthen its resolve and augment resources to protect the country’s national patrimony. “We expect that the controversy between the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will be resolved, peaceably, by the International Court of Justice. This course of action is in accordance with Guyana’s view that a judicial settlement is the best means of achieving a final and definitive settlement of the long-standing controversy by reasserting that the 1899 Arbitral Award is valid and binding upon Guyana and Venezuela,” President Granger said.
He said the year, 2020, will be an unforgettable year. “It will demand diligent and dutiful service from all to attain the common good. We should be satisfied that the plans which have been laid out for the next five to ten years will culminate, inevitably, in our homeland becoming a land of happy people, happy families, happy households and happy communities. I extend best wishes to every Guyanese for a happy and prosperous New Year – one which promises to be the most exciting and exhilarating in our nation’s history,” the address ended.
