Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran, has expressed concern of his own about the ongoing delays by the current Speaker to call a meeting to facilitate the election of a Leader of the Opposition.

In his conversation tree column yesterday, Mr. Ramkarran noted that since 2000, there has never been any controversy surrounding the election of the leader of the Opposition until now.

He said the absence of the Leader of the Opposition is already being felt in the constitutional governance of Guyana, explaining that consultation with the Leader of the Opposition in relation to Members of the Teaching Service Commission could not take place because there is no Leader of the Opposition.

He questioned whether it is the intention of the Executive to present the 2026 Budget without the National Assembly being fully constituted.

Since the 13^th Parliament was convened in November, the Speaker has not called the meeting for the election of the Opposition Leader by members of the opposition.  Mr. Ramkarran is of the view that the issues could have already been addressed as the meeting does not go on for longer than five minutes.

The Leader of the WIN party, Azruddin Mohamed is the presumptive Leader of the Opposition since his party has the most seats on the opposition side of the National Assembly.

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