Guyana wavers on ICC

The ball appears to be in the Trinidad and Tobago court on whether the solidarity of Caricom on the issue of the International Criminal Court is to be broken or not. Guyana President Jagdeo Bharrat in a letter sent to Caricom Chairman Lester Bird yesterday said that Guyana could not afford to lose US military aid. But Bharrat stated that Guyana was awaiting an initiative from Prime Minister Patrick Manning before deciding whether it should sign a bilateral treaty with the United States  agreeing not to hand over US citizens to the jurisdiction to the International Criminal Court.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning declined comment, referring Newsday to Foreign Affairs Minister Knowlson Gift. However Gift, stressing that he “wanted to get the correct story”, stated that he had not been informed of any new  developments.