THE United States hit out at Guyana’s parliament Monday for approving a resolution honoring “convicted terrorist” Abdul Kadir, who died in prison last year while serving a life sentence for plotting to bomb New York’s JFK airport.

Kadir, a former Guyana parliamentarian, was extradited to the U.S. where he was convicted in 2010 for arranging financing for the 2007 plot.

Kadir died in a U.S. prison in June 2018, after which his body was returned to Guyana.

The U.S. said the resolution called into question Guyana’s reputation as a country that promotes religious tolerance and would undermine cooperation between the two countries in fighting crime.

“Members of parliament have placed this resolution in direct contradiction to the efforts of security cooperation between our two countries,” the U.S. embassy said.

The National Assembly resolution hailed Kadir, a legislator from 2001-06, as “dedicated” and a “great man.”

The resolution was approved by government’s 33 parliamentarians but was boycotted by the opposition People’s Progressive Party, which also condemned the decision.(SD-Agencies)