President cites ‘different reasons’ for not assenting to bills

President Bharrat Jagdeo says he did not assent to a number of bills passed last year for “different reasons” including lobbying from the private sector and because of his personal concerns as well.

Asked at a media briefing he hosted at the Office of the President yesterday why he did not assent to ten bills passed in the National Assembly last year when they were presented by his government and unanimously approved, Jagdeo said that “for different reasons