David Granger

USAID report recommends APNU+AFC, PPP “power sharing” to manage oil wealth

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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

AG to Norton: ‘Legitimacy’ of the Gov’t cannot be determined by elections petition

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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

Publish concessions granted to foreign companies in the media – Presidential Advisor

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By: Kiana Wilburg In the season of transparency and accountability under the coalition government, Presidential Advisor on Sustainability, Dr. Clive Thomas believes that concessions granted during the year should not only be tabled in the National Assembly as the law stipulates, but also published in the newspaper.In fact, the Economist feels so strongly about this … Read more