Local gov’t committee to begin tackling ‘parked’ bills

APNU MP Basil Williams yesterday said that the Special Select Committee on Local Government has completed consideration of the Municipal and District Councils (Amendment) Bill and is positioning itself to revisit other bills which had been “parked.”

The Special Select Committee was mandated to review four bills deemed instrumental for local government reform and the holding of long-delayed local government elections: the Local Government Commission Bill, the Fiscal Transfers Bill, the Local Government (Amendment) Bill and the Municipal and District Councils (Amendment) Bill.

William, who chairs the committee, told Stabroek News that committee members resumed