CARICOM ‘deeply saddened’ by failed US Capitol insurrection
Gavin Riley / Our Today
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Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, called the Wednesday (January 6) situation in the United States, when a sitting of the Congress was halted by a rush on the Capitol building by pro-Trump supporters a ‘gross affront to democracy’.
Rowley, in a terse statement on Thursday (January 7), said CARICOM was gravely perturbed by the situation that unfolded in the US.
“The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened and concerned at the unprecedented scenes that unfolded at the Capitol Building in Washington DC, during the certification of the votes of the presidential elections by the US Congress,” he said.
The CARICOM head, continuing, noted: “The storming of the US Congress was a gross affront to democracy and the rule of law in a country which has been viewed as a leading light of representative governance the world over.”
Prime Minister Rowley said that CARICOM “looks forward to the restoration of order and the continuation of the process of transfer of power in a peaceful manner”.
The US Capitol was put on lockdown on as pro-Trump demonstrators swarmed the building as lawmakers met. The rioters, in a failed insurrection attempt, breached security barricades around the building, temporarily halting the Congress certification process.
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