Government could tap funds for snap elections from the Contingency Fund based on the ruling of the Chief Justice in the budget cuts case, according to Attorney-General Anil Nandlall.
“The Chief Justice ruling in the budget cuts case has paved the way for the government to go to the Consolidated Fund and then seek the ex post facto imprimatur of the National Assembly whenever there is an insufficiency of funds for an agency if in the opinion of the Minister of Finance, it is necessary to do so,” Nandlall told Stabroek News in response to queries about funding for the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) should snap elections be called.
A year after general elections and with
