Category: Politics

President Donald Ramotar says that the combined opposition has missed a golden opportunity to work with his government, choosing instead to flex their muscle via their one-seat majority rather than advancing the country’s development. “The one-seat majority that the opposition got has made them somewhat intoxicated …,” President Ramotar said in an interview with the media on Wednesday as he reflected on his first year in office following last year’s historic elections. The selection of both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament from the opposition and the opposition’s…

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– says Speaker’s decision unlawful Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall on Tuesday moved to the High Court seeking to have Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman’s ruling prohibiting Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee from speaking in the Parliament and referring him to the Committee of Privileges, declared “unlawful, unconstitutional, and without jurisdiction”. According to court documents, the Speaker, who is the second named respondent of the motion, has no power whatsoever under the standing orders, the laws of Guyana, or the Constitution to impose a…

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The People’s Progres-sive Party/Civic (PPP/C), the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) and other organisations staged a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Georgetown on Wednesday in light of that country’s support of Israel’s bombardment of Palestine. Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who was at the picketing exercise, said the protest is in solidarity with the people of Palestine. “We are registering our protest as a political party against the crimes against humanity which are being committed every single day in Gaza, and the Americans are either condoning or…

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… “our aims are being accomplished through the Parliament” – APNU’s chief whip By Michael Younge The government and opposition parliamentary parties are squaring-off again about whether the “new dispensation” that exists in the National Assembly is functioning and resulting in significant benefits for all Guyanese following the November 28 elections. Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall speaking with Guyana Times International during an interview on Wednesday evening was severely critical of this “‘new dispensation” in the 10th Parliament, which he said “was failing miserably in addressing the…

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A clarion call for peace was echoed by women government representatives who zeroed-in on events in the recent weeks and months that had a profound impact on women and children. At a panel discussion on the National Communication Network (NCN) on Sunday, the unfolding of events under the new dispensation after the November 28, 2011 general election, actions of the one-seat majority parliamentary opposition, “politically instigated” tensions in Linden and Agricola, and the startling revelations during the Linden Commission of Inquiry (CoI) hearings, came under sharp focus. Foreign Affairs Minister…

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– AG condemns plan aimed to discredit work of the CoI Attorney General Anil Nandlall The government has placed the nation on notice that the combined opposition political parties are up to mischief again, saying it has begun a rather sinister campaign aimed at discrediting the work of the Linden Commission of Inquiry (CoI), even before any final recommendations are made after it wrapped up its work on Friday. Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall has since strongly condemned attempts by opposition news personalities utilising blogs and…

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Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) using their one-seat majority in the House to decide what benefits former President Bharrat Jagdeo must have is purely vindictive. Speaking at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President, the Cabinet secretary said pensions and the right to pensions are moral issues and should not be threatened by the opposition. He noted that the right to pension is one that was inherited and there should be no…

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By Michael Younge Housing Minister Irfaan Ali Senior Cabinet Minister Irfaan Ali has flayed the joint opposition political parties for continuously undermining principles such as trust, mutual respect and good faith in its dealings with the Donald Ramotar administration. He has also accused the opposition of supporting organised violence and seeking to create instability and mayhem in the country through a series of opposition sponsored events. Ali, who is also acting as tourism minister, explained that the much touted “new dispensation” in the National Assembly cannot deliver on the expectations…

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