Attorney General Anil Nandlall is urging the withdrawal of APNU MP Volda Lawrence’s bill to make the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly independent, saying it violates the constitution.
Nandlall, who has advised President Donald Ramotar against supporting the bill if it is passed by the opposition, has written Speaker Raphael Trotman asking that consideration of the proposed legislation not go ahead.
The Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly Bill 2012, which is the first bill tabled by either of the two parliamentary opposition parties, sets out the responsibilities and authority of the Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly and provides for the establishment and administration of
