This year’s Emancipation Day will truly be one of freedom for four men who received full and free pardons from President David Granger, pursuant to Articles 188, 189, and 190 of the Constitution of Guyana. The presidential pardons were issued to the four men who were serving sentences in the Guyana prisons for charges related to the possession of marijuana.
The presidential pardon takes effect from today, August 1, 2019.
Pardoned are Mr Robert Bhagnauth, who was serving a three-year sentence in the Mazaruni Prison for the offence of possession of cannabis; Mr Michael Gouveia, who was serving a three-year sentence at the Timehri Prison for the offence of possession of cannabis; Mr Andy Roberts, who was serving a sentence of two years at the Lusignan Prison for the offence of smoking cannabis; and Mr Joseph Yaw, who was serving a sentence of two years and ten months in the Georgetown Prison ‘B’ for the possession of cannabis.
