Guyana's president has pardoned a former opposition legislator who had been accused of treason.
Philip Bynoe was accused of inciting hundreds of protesters to raid President Bharrat Jagdeo's office in 2002.
Authorities said the protest was aimed at destabilizing his government.
But Jagdeo pardoned Bynoe on Monday, saying he had expressed "remorse" and conceded that the attack had targeted a democratic institution.
Political tensions in Guyana are often defined along racial lines, with Guyanese of African descent dominating Bynoe's opposition party and Guyanese East Indians dominating Jagdeo's government.
