Earlier today, President David Granger announced the replacement of the dual citizen senior ministers who resigned in keeping with the court rulings that Guyanese citizens who hold foreign citizenship status should not to be members of parliament.
In a written statement, The President said that he accepted the resignations of “Mr. Carl Greenidge, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Dominic Gaskin, Minister of Business; Mr. Joseph Harmon, Minister of State in the Ministry of the Presidency; and Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, Minister of the Public Service in the Ministry of the Presidency. These resignations take effect on 25th April 2019.”
President Granger then went on to announce replacement for these ministers. However, no replacement for Greenidge was named.
The President appointed Hemraj Rajkumar, as Minister of Business; Dawn Hastings-Williams as Minister of State within the Ministry of the Presidency; and Tabitha Sarabo-Halley, as Minister of the Public Service within the Ministry of the Presidency.
