The Venezuela claim must be brought to the attention of the Security Council

Sep 30, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
As we continue to examine the claim by Venezuela to a significant portion of our land, we need to be reminded that this matter was settled by international arbitration award in 1899.
Every time this issue resurfaces, we can see hands of rank political opportunism, which have been used to the expense of Guyana’s development.
The resurfacing of the claim under the leadership of President Madura speaks to an act of desperation by a political leader who ran his last political campaign on the legacy of his predecessor, Hugo Chavez.
President Madura continues to live in the shadow of the late President Chavez.
However, since his assumption to office, his leadership has shown failure in every form to develop any indigenous plan to help his countrymen and women out of the economic and political morass he successfully plunged his country into.
Having failed his people at the domestic level, President Madura has taken on the task of reshaping himself as a nationalist, and for that reason he chose to take on Guyana, a country he perceives does not have the military strength to combat his aggression. President Madura’s action is designed to give him political currency to maintain power at the upcoming elections.
We have a task as a peaceful people to recognise the importance of resisting Venezuela’s aggression and dismiss their claim, since there existence can well stymied the economic development of the Guyana, which can well stymied decent jobs and economic opportunities for all Guyanese.
To fail to resist the claim and aggression can lead to international financial institutions, like the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, refusing to finance projects within the areas Venezuela considers disputed.
It is time that we continue to make a rallying call to the citizens of this beautiful country to defend our territorial integrity at all cost, since this is done at a time when Venezuela is aggressively rallying the Latin American community in support of their spurious claim.
As this issue continues to generate national conversations, Professor Justice Duke Pollard, constitutional scholar, has said through Stabroek News’ Letter column on Saturday, 26th “what appears to be required is an approach to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in whose court the ball has now been firmly located, to invoke Article 99 of the Charter to bring the aggressive acts of Venezuela, which undeniably threaten international peace and security, to the attention of the Security Council with an invitation for that body to secure from the International Court of Justice an Advisory Opinion on the current controversy between Venezuela and Guyana.”
It is this type of recommendation around which we must all get involved and get consumed as a national act of defending every square inch of our country.
Sharma Solomon

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