‘Dangerous Precedents Are Being Set’: Duncan Warns of Threat to Every Guyanese

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan has accused the Government of setting dangerous precedents for democracy and the rule of law, warning that the treatment of Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed could eventually become the reality facing any political leader or ordinary citizen who falls foul of those in power.

Speaking on Monday outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, appeared in connection with extradition proceedings, Duncan argued that the controversy surrounding the Opposition Leader must be viewed against a wider pattern of alleged institutional failures, weakened parliamentary oversight and unanswered questions about the exercise of state power.

Invoking the words of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Duncan declared: