{"id":14110,"date":"2023-11-22T13:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T13:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14110"},"modified":"2023-11-22T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T13:35:07","slug":"government-declines-engagement-with-us-fact-finding-mission-dr-jagdeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-declines-engagement-with-us-fact-finding-mission-dr-jagdeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Declines Engagement with US Fact-Finding Mission- Dr. Jagdeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In an announcement during his weekly press conference at Freedom House, General Secretary of the People\u2019s Progressive Party, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, declared that the government would not engage with the ongoing fact-finding mission from the United States in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission, consisting of 13 members, is considered a private initiative, and the government has opted not to meet or interact with its members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Josiah-Fact-Finding-Mission-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo emphasized that the government refuses to subject itself to individuals who, in their private capacity, enter the country to reinforce positions they have already defined in earlier press releases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the government&#8217;s decision, he reiterated that Guyana remains an open country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact-finding mission originated after a conference in Washington DC raised questions about racial discrimination in Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo highlighted that even before the team arrived, they issued a release insinuating that the Guyanese government discriminates based on race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed to possible linkages between the mission and a US Guyanese advocate wanted in Guyana for extortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Josiah-Fact-Finding-Mission-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The leader of the mission has expressed a desire to meet with the government, and upon completion, they plan to submit a report to the United Nations, the White House, the US Congress, and other bodies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo, in response, underscored his party&#8217;s commitment to the development of the entire country, irrespective of race or any other factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reporting by Josiah Williams, NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an announcement during his weekly press conference at Freedom House, General Secretary of the People\u2019s Progressive Party, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, declared that the government would not engage with the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14114,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14110\/revisions\/14114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}