Govt wants court to quash no-confidence motion against Rohee

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Government has moved to the High Court in another constitutional motion asking for the no-confidence motion passed by the opposition in Parliament against Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee to be quashed. The motion filed by   named David Granger in his capacity of opposition leader and Speaker of the House Raphael Trotman as respondents.
The motion said that Resolution Number 18 passed in the National assembly on Monday, July 30 is unlawful, violates the doctrine of separation of powers, null and void as well as unconstitutional.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall

The document also stated that despite objections from the government’s side of the National Assembly, the motion was allowed by the speaker to be debated and duly passed on July 30.
Since the passing of the motion, leaders of the both the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have made statements to the effect that the National Assembly will sanction Minister Rohee if the said no-confidence motion is ignored by the government of Guyana.
The motion also made reference to the APNU saying publicly that upon the resumption of sittings of the National Assembly, it will approach the Privileges Committee to have Rohee suspended for six months if he fails to adhere to the no-confidence motion.
The attorney general argued in his motion that Minister Rohee was appointed by the president in his current capacity; not at the confidence or pleasure of the National Assembly. The attorney general is also arguing that the Speaker of the House may have committed a grave constitutional error and abrogated the doctrine of separation of powers when the no-confidence motion was entertained.
Referring to the decision by the House Speaker as a “constitutional travesty”, Nandlall is asking the High Court to consider that “even greater constitutional heresy is likely to yet take place”, since based upon the public declarations made by the leaders of the opposition parties, steps have already been taken in consequence of the no-confidence motion and the resolution passed thereafter.

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