Comparisons of Guyana’s parliamentary procedures with those observed in Barbados and Bermuda suggest that the Chambers of the Attorney General (AG) should not be involved with bills beyond the point of drafting, and certainly not after they have been passed in the National Assembly.
In recent months a debate on parliamentary procedure, particularly the matter of whom a bill should be sent once it is passed in the National Assembly, had been ongoing with members of government, the opposition parties – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) – and several past political functionaries giving their positions on numerous occasions.
AG and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, despite criticism, has maintained that
