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Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform and Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity, Aubrey Norton is set to become the country’s new Leader of the Opposition as he inches closer to becoming a Member of Parliament. Representative of the List for the APNU+AFC, former President David Granger has written to the Chief Elections […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nanlall has defended the President’s decision to move ahead with the appointment of Assistant Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken to act as Police Commissioner in the absence of consultation with the Opposition Leader and the Police Service Commission. Appearing on his weekly tv show, Issues in the News, […]
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton wants to see major reforms at the Guyana Elections Commission and believes that it’s time for the current Chairman of the Commission, retired Judge Claudette Singh to go. Speaking at his party’s General Council meeting over the weekend, Mr. Norton said while the Chairman of the […]
The Guyana Government and Opposition have pledged the country’s full support to fight climate change, noting that Guyana itself has not been spared from the impacts associated with Climate Change. Speaking at the 144th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly’s General Debate on the Climate Change in Indonesia, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said it is time to take […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition is still considering an approach to the Courts over the Natural Resource Fund Act and whether it was legally passed. But even with that option on the table, the opposition is planning to put forward its nominee for the Natural Resource Fund Board. Initially, the Opposition did not want to be […]
The political party, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) which holds a seat in the National Assembly as part of a Joinder list with two other parties, has issued a call on the Government to remove Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall over his “dildo” remark directed at a female Opposition MP in the National […]
The People’s National Congress Reform, which is the largest party in the APNU+AFC Coalition, plans to meet with the Chairperson and Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission on the issue of a new voter’s list. The party sees the issue as one that must be addressed ahead of the Local Government elections scheduled for this […]
The Opposition today pressed the government on allocations for the Guyana Elections Commission to conduct House-to-House registration before Local Government Elections which are on the cards for this year. Declaring that the current voter’s list has serious problems, the Opposition sought to ascertain what monetary provisions have been put in place to ensure a new […]
The Office of the Leader of the Opposition has seen its budgetary allocation for 2022 slashed significantly. The Opposition Leader’s Office had made a request for $87 million for the day-to-day operations of the office but received $27.7M. The constitutional office had also requested $48 million to buy new equipment for the office but it […]
The Government has used its majority in the National Assembly’s Business Sub-Committee to shorten the time for the consideration of the budget estimates in the Committee of Supply. That process begins today and instead of the customary five days, the government has cut the timeline down to four days, and instead of 30 minutes for […]
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