APNU’s Volda Lawrence on Wednesday tabled a bill—the first by the opposition in the Tenth Parliament—to set up an independent Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly.
The Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly Bill 2012 sets out the responsibilities and authority of the Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly and provides for the establishment and administration of an independent Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly of Guyana.
It is in keeping with a recommendation of the 2005 Sir Michael Davies needs assessment of the National Assembly, which had concluded that more independence was needed.
