The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has rejected the positions advanced by the President for his non-assent to the Local Government (Amendment) Bill and has called for the President to provide in writing, reasons for withholding assent, in keeping with Article 170 (3) of the Constitution.
In a press statement, the GTUC stated, “To tell the public the decision is informed by an agreement and understanding between the PPP and PNC during the Ninth Parliament and that this is therefore binding when the Tenth Parliament sees the need for revision of aspects of the Bill is disrespecting the intelligence of Guyanese citizen and an effort to hold the Tenth Parliament to ransom.”
The labour umbrella group posited that agreements are only binding in so far as subsequent Parliaments and the people who
