Non-assent of opposition bills not political, PPP says

The PPP is standing by the President Donald Ramotar’s refusal to assent to two opposition bills, while questioning APNU’s failure to move to the courts if it believes he has acted illegally.

“The President’s reasons for withholding his assent are not political in nature; instead his reasons as listed in his letter to the Speaker, are all grounded in the Constitution itself. The President has a duty to ensure that the Constitution is not violated,” the party said in a press statement yesterday, in response to recent comments by APNU leader Da

vid Granger, who told Stabroek News that the government was taking a