President Donald Ramotar’s charade in relation to discharging his constitutional obligation to hold local government elections (LGE) continues. There is no justification for not having the elections which are now overdue by seventeen years and the Donald Ramotar administration is in breach of the Constitution for this failure.
These elections are, therefore, mandatory and not optional; the President does not have any discretionary power over their timing. The Local Govern-ment Act, Cap. 28:02 states at section 22. (3) that “All … councillors shall be elected at elections held every third year during the period commencing on 1st November and ending on 7th December.”
The National Assembly, on February 10, 2014 passed “as amended” the Local Authorities (Elec-tions) (Amendment) Bill directing that LGE be held no
