PPP Congress opposed to proposed Local Government Commission

The PPP Congress yesterday declared its opposition to the proposed Local Government Commission describing it as a “parallel” government system and party delegates appeared to support local government elections under current laws.

Stabroek News has learnt that discussions during the plenary at the party’s 30th Congress revealed that members feel that the creation of a Local Government Commission would just be a “parallel system” to the current one. However, at the Constitution Reform Commission, none of the PPP/C members had voted