President assents to three Local Gov’t Bills

Three months after they were passed by the National Assembly, President Donald Ramotar today assented to three of four Local Government Bills.

According to GINA, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon told reporters today that the President assented to the Bills: the Fiscal Transfers Bill 2012, Municipal and District Councils (Amendment) Bill and the Local Government Commission Bill. The government had come under pressure from the private sector and Western countries to sign the bills.

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