US Congressional members promise Guyana’s opposition to push for equitable wealth distribution

Last Updated on Friday, 6 October 2023, 4:03 by Denis Chabrol

Senior members of Guyana’s parliamentary opposition meeting with several Democratic Congressional members in Washington DC.

Several Congressional Democrats have promised to lobby governments in the Caribbean to push the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) and the opposition to join hands in ensuring no Guyanese is discriminated against in the delivery of the country’s wealth.

“We will continue to engage with our Guyanese counterparts and other regional neighbors and encourage the government and the opposition to work together to ensure that all Guyanese citizens, regardless of race or ethnicity, benefit from the growth underway in the South American nation,” House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said late Thursday night. Guyana’s economic growth is largely centered around oil exploration and production.

In confirming that he and other Congressional Democrats with expertise in foreign affairs, finance, security and other critical issues to the Western Hemisphere and the Caribbean-American community in Brooklyn and across the United States met with a delegation led by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, Mr Jeffries made no mention about the Guyanese politicians’ calls for a clean or new voters list and the biometric verification systems at polling stations. There are hundreds of thousands of mainly Afro-Guyanese who live in Brooklyn.