GUYANA | The Opposition will not be Silenced or Bullied says Harmon

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 13, 2021 -  Guyana’s Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has thrown down the gauntlet and has served notice on the People's Progressive party  government that the Opposition will not be silenced nor bullied. Neither will it allow the government to to “hijack the parliament and ignore the business of the people of this nation.”

In a statement today, the Opposition Leader said “ the arrest of former Finance Minister Mr. Jordan and the publishing of a wanted bulletin for Mr. Rickford Burke [shows] that the PPP is blatant in their attempt to silence those who expose and challenge them.”

Harmon noted that the actions of the PPP government “shows clearly that we are now being governed by a dictatorship which refuses to allow others to criticize its poor attempt at governance, poor handling of the economy and their racist nature.”

“Today I want to go on record as serving notice to the PPP that this Opposition leader and Members of Parliament will not be silenced, subtly bullied, nor will we sit and allow them to hijack the parliament and ignore the business of the people of this nation.”

He outlined a number of items on the parliament’s order paper which ought to be dealt with. However, he said “what the PPP has done is ensure that our main business be placed on the shelf.

These  include “a motion on the Gas to Shore project, A motion on Natural Gas Flaring at the Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, as well as No- confidence motions against the Ministers of Health & Home Affairs,” among other matters.

The opposition Leader in his statement observed that “the regime has sunk to another low by hijacking the rest of the sitting to deal with their business after 64 days without parliament.”

“This is what you get when you have wicked and oppressive tyrants in power. Just a few days ago you had Ali addressing world leaders on the subject of democracy when he himself is a walking contradiction of what democracy really is, the PPP'S hypocrisy knows no bounds,” Harmon declared.

The opposition leader concluded by pointing out that “they can attempt to hijack the parliament, they can run from addressing private members business all they want but they will never silence this opposition. Our matters will be addressed in this parliament and they will answer publicly for their poor governance, poor handling of the economy, and the sad state of affairs they’ve foisted upon the Guyanese people.”

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