Guardians of Guyana
A Democracy and Governance Assessment prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says Guyana’s two major political parties need to engage in power-sharing in order to manage the country’s oil wealth efficiently. Dated August 2021, the assessment cited the for the two major political parties to abandon the current majoritarian political model … Read more
As Guyanese across the miles digest the statements made by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, calls continue to build for appropriate action to be taken against the public official, since “nice speeches” are not enough.Over the weekend, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) added their voice to the protest against the … Read more
There must be a limit to where Guyana’s Hon. Speaker of the House will not go, refuse to uphold, will frown upon in sharp disbelief and anger. I am tainted in merely saying that the Hon Speaker has regrettably and shamelessly failed on every count. Further, there are some other areas that I have deliberately … Read more
STATEMENT BY MERVYN WILLIAMS FORMER MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND CEC MEMBER I have listened to the portion of Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo’s interview with Vice News, during which he spoke to Indigenous Guyanese issues. He said the following among other things: 1. “When we assumed office in 1992, Indigenous People had titled lands, about 6%. By … Read more
Article 13 – a Guyanese, the pro-inclusionary democracy organisation, on Sunday took the Guyana government to task for removing Dr Rudy Jadoopat as the Coordinator of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) on the fake grounds that he is a member of the Alliance For Change (AFC). The non-governmental organisation indicated that it was … Read more
By Gary Eleazar Legislative bodies are by their very nature combative, sometimes civilised but often times not. There has, in the past, been physical violence in Parliaments across the world and during his tenure as Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman concluded that Guyana’s Parliament would soon descend into physical violence in the House. … Read more
A New and United Guyana (ANUG) today called for the removal of Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall over his ‘dildo’ remark in Parliament last week. ANUG, which is one of three parties holding a seat in Parliament, said such behaviour has no place among the leadership of the country. An abridged … Read more
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, SC, has made it clear that an elections petition can only determine that a government is ‘illegitimate’. The AG made this assertion on Saturday in direct response to Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Aubrey Norton, who publicly said that “The question of the … Read more
High Commissioner Miller said the British Government through its High Commission will be looking to the fair competition when it comes to the bidding for big projects, noting that it is an issue that the Commission will continue to raise with the government. As Guyana continues to see more foreign investment interest, the British High … Read more
A motion filed by A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), Member of Parliament (MP), Joseph Harmon, is seeking to have 22 members of the government side of the National Assembly sent to the Committee of Privileges, has been dismissed by Speaker of the House, Manzoor Nadir. Nadir gave the announcement as … Read more