St. George’s, Grenada, April
16th, 2010: Members of Her Majesty’s Opposition says the intention of the
Government to sign an agreement with Trinidad and Tobago next Wednesday must not
be taken lightly by the people of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
The Opposition has noted
efforts by the Government in the last 24 hours to convince the Opposition to
support the consultation session planned for today and an unofficial invitation
for the Opposition to travel to Trinidad to witness the signing of the agreement
between the two countries. The Opposition wishes to make it abundantly clear
that it will always act in the best interest of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite
Martinique and will never allow the government to use its members to support its
Public Relations show.
In the interest of the people
of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, the Opposition is totally prepared
to sit with the government to discuss this very important matter under one
condition that the Government postpone the signing of the agreement next
Wednesday to give adequate time to hold genuine consultation with the official
Opposition and with the people of Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
The Opposition says the NDC
Government continues to disrespect the people of the country by making important
decisions in haste and without the engagement of the people of the country,
which have far reaching implications. The Opposition is therefore calling on the
Government to seek the country’s interest by first taking time to gather
relevant information which is already available to Trinidad and which gives them
an advantage over Grenada. It must not be forgotten that 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.
The Opposition finds it
difficult to understand why the Government is in such a rush to sign an
agreement which could be extremely detrimental to the people of Grenada,
Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
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