The opposition parties, APNU and AFC, are open to consultations with the government on legislation they plan to bring to the National Assembly but say that the same courtesy would have to be extended to them.
Last week, President Donald Ramotar said that he will not assent to any bill passed by the opposition without government input. “I am making it very clear that I will not assent to any bill that they carry unless it is with the full agreement of the Execu-tive and the full involvement of the Executive”, the president stated in an interview with the state-owned NCN.
Vice-Chairman of APNU, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, when contacted on Saturday, said that Ramotar is well within his constitutional right to refuse to assent to bills passed by the opposition without government input. He said “consensus” legislation would be
