Guyana's defense chief said that any resident of the Essequibo who takes part in a regional election organized by neighboring Venezuela, which claims the territory as its own, will be charged treason.
Concretely, Brig. Gen. Omar Khan told The Associated Press that "if anyone participates or takes any similar actions it will amount support for a passive coup." "Anything along those lines will speak to a violation of our sovereignty and territorial integrity," he added.
