St. George’s, Grenada, April
14th, 2010: Her Majesty’s Opposition has advised the Government of Grenada
that it will not be participating in the government consultation process since
consultation according to the Government, means informing after the fact. No
recommendation given, however beneficial to the people of Grenada, would be able
to be incorporated into the treaty and in particular the most critical item, the
boundary line, cannot be adjusted.
Trinidad entered the
negotiations with complete knowledge of the area’s oil and gas potential while
Grenada knew nothing having refused to deal with GPG who would have carried out
the necessary detailed and extensive exploration and provided this country with
the relevant information to the highest degree of accuracy. Grenada had to give
up maritime space to Trinidad and Tobago to achieve an agreement effectively
shifting the boundary north of the median line towards Grenada without knowing
the consequences.
The Opposition questions the
reason behind the haste to sign such a treaty that could be extremely
detrimental to the people of Grenada and views the government’s ploy at
consultation as utter disrespect for the intelligence, integrity and competence
of Her Majesty’s Opposition and the population as a whole. The Opposition calls
on the public to pay particular attention to this issue as the treaty cannot be
reversed.
