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Venezuelans will be deported if caught participating in elections for Essequibo- Chief of Defence Staff
Kaieteur News- Chief of Defence Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Omar Khan, announced on Thursday that any Venezuelans living in Guyana who participate in the Venezuelan government’s planned elections for Guyana’s Essequibo will be arrested and deported.
The Chief of Defence Staff made this disclosure during a media briefing at Base Camp Ayanganna, where he was addressing the current state of events at the Guyana-Venezuela border, where GDF troops were attacked during riverain patrols at the Cuyuni River, Region Seven.
Chief of Defence Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Omar Khan (center), alongside ranks of the GDF at the press conference on Thursday.
Responding to questions posed by media personnel on the subject matter, Brigadier Khan stated, “I would tell you as part of my visit along the border, I made an announcement that should any Guyanese participate in such an election, there will be implications for that person. This is almost like passive coup because you are voting in a foreign government to have our territory. So that would be a serious offence; any Guyanese participating in such election will be arrested and there will be implications.”
He continued, “Secondly, any Venezuelans living in Guyana who participate in such elections will be arrested and deported.”
Noting that it is a serious matter, he further urged that anyone with information about someone participating in the unlawful election should inform the authorities. Kaieteur News had reported that in March this year, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn had issued a stern warning that anyone who is appointed Governor of Essequibo and placed at Anna Regina will be charged with treason and locked up.
Speaking at the Guyana Police Force Inspectors and Sergeants Annual Conference at the time, he said “…any person, Guyanese or otherwise, if it’s a Guyanese who is appointed to be governor and be in place at Ana Regina, we will charge that person for treason and lock them up. Each and every one of them, they’re gonna be charged for treason, and anybody who is supporting them will also be charged,” Benn said.
As previously reported, Venezuela had announced that it planned to hold elections to claim Guyana’s Essequibo region, which it said is scheduled to take place on 25 May 2025. Guyana had moved to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for provisional measures to restrain Venezuela from holding the elections. The court subsequently handed down its order on May 1, 2025. In the order, the Court reaffirmed the provisional measures of its order of December 1, 2023, which it said should be immediately and effectively implemented.
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