The Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Dr. Didacus Jules, says the St Lucia based sub-regional grouping stands in full solidarity with Grenada and its people as the member state ‘navigates imponderable currents.
”We recognize the enormous pressures brought to bear on small states that strive to chart their own course in a turbulent world. And we affirm the right of every Caribbean nation to determine its destiny, free from coercion, free from fear, and faithful to its own conscience,’ Jules said, while delivering the keynote address at the official National Heroes Day celebration which was held on Monday, 24 hours later due to the inclement weather.
Grenada is currently reviewing a request from the United States to temporarily install radar at the Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) and the deployment of US military assets on or near Grenada.
A group comprising lawyers, educators, trade unionists and religious leaders calling itself the Coalition for a Zone of Peace has called on the government to say no to the request with former Senate president Chester Humphrey saying he is prepared to lead a peaceful protest and that the US request is a precursor to a possible invasion of Venezuela.