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President David Granger says he is confident that a resort to the court to settle the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy will yield a ruling in Guyana’s favour.

He was at the time speaking at a press briefing subsequent to his United Nations (UN) facilitated meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro at the UN Headquarters in New York, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said today.

“I am confident that the basis of the Venezuelan claim is that the 1899 award was invalid and I am confident that there is no evidence whatsoever to indicate the invalidity or the nullity of that award and that is why we feel we should go to court because Venezuela is trying to avoid going to court, Venezuela wants to embark on another round of bilateral talks, but we have talked for 50 years and gotten nowhere,” the President said.

During the meeting, Granger told UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon that from the time of Forbes Burnham to the term of Donald Ramotar, all past presidents of Guyana have been speaking with Venezuela at the bilateral level, but those talks have all been fruitless and as such, it is time for the matter to be taken to court.

“I am not confident that a settlement could exist outside of the court. It is a legal problem that has to have a legal solution; it is not a political matter that we can negotiate. I cannot overturn the award of an international tribunal… I am obliged under the Constitution to protect the full territorial space of Guyana,” the President stated, according to the press release.

He reiterated that if Venezuela is claiming that the 1899 award is invalid, then evidence must be provided to support that claim.

The President saw Maduro’s decision to accept a delegation from the UN to investigate the matter as an encouraging sign. That delegation visited Guyana a few weeks ago when they flew over Regions One, Two and Seven as part of their investigations. President Granger said the land that they saw indicated that the territory was in effective occupation by Guyanese, the release added.

Patriotic Guyanese protesting Venezuela's aggression towards Guyana. At the UN today before Granger's address to the UN General Assembly.

Not one single coolie in sight. They were probably applying for Venezuelan passports.

Not one coolie in sight.  Well the coolies have jobs that they need to report to.  They are the ones building wealth in Queens and Long Island.  This is the jobless Crown Heights crowd.  They have nothing else to do.  Living happy as hell in their dilapidated homes in drug infested, high crime neighborhoods.

When the coolie was ruling the country there was no war.  All hell has broken loose since May 11th. 

Condescending indeed.  When they are in Guyana they blame the Indians for their poverty.  Now they come to America and they blame the whites for their poverty. 

Not one coolie in sight.  Well the coolies have jobs that they need to report to.  They are the ones building wealth in Queens and Long Island.  This is the jobless Crown Heights crowd.  They have nothing else to do.  Living happy as hell in their dilapidated homes in drug infested, high crime neighborhoods.

When the coolie was ruling the country there was no war.  All hell has broken loose since May 11th. 

Condescending indeed.  When they are in Guyana they blame the Indians for their poverty.  Now they come to America and they blame the whites for their poverty. 

Condescending indeed.  When they are in Guyana they blame the Indians for their poverty.  Now they come to America and they blame the whites for their poverty. 

Not one coolie in sight.  Well the coolies have jobs that they need to report to.  They are the ones building wealth in Queens and Long Island.  This is the jobless Crown Heights crowd.  They have nothing else to do.  Living happy as hell in their dilapidated homes in drug infested, high crime neighborhoods.

When the coolie was ruling the country there was no war.  All hell has broken loose since May 11th. 

Not one coolie in sight.  Well the coolies have jobs that they need to report to.  They are the ones building wealth in Queens and Long Island.  This is the jobless Crown Heights crowd.  They have nothing else to do.  Living happy as hell in their dilapidated homes in drug infested, high crime neighborhoods.

When the coolie was ruling the country there was no war.  All hell has broken loose since May 11th. 

PNC welfare bums will take Guyana to the days of Forbes. The rice industry was destroyed by the PNC in less than six months.

PNC Part Two outdid PNC part One.

PNC idiots have done nothing to address the the current economic crisis under their watch. Guyanese will pay a very heavy price for a spend, spend government.

PNC has and never will be able to save a penny. As old people used to correctly say, PNC cannot even run a cake shop, how can the welfare bums run a country ?

PNC welfare bums will take Guyana to the days of Forbes. The rice industry was destroyed by the PNC in less than six months.

PNC Part Two outdid PNC part One.

PNC idiots have done nothing to address the the current economic crisis under their watch. Guyanese will pay a very heavy price for a spend, spend government.

PNC has and never will be able to save a penny. As old people used to correctly say, PNC cannot even run a cake shop, how can the welfare bums run a country ?