Last week, we began a discussion of our country’s performance on governance, transparency and accountability in 2014. We were able to cover two items, namely the prorogation of Parliament; and the holding of local government elections. However, before discussing other items, we should pause to reflect on some of the sentiments recently expressed on these two issues.
Statements from the diplomatic
community and other stakeholders
The outgoing British High Commissioner spoke out against the prorogation of Parliament which he felt is not in keeping with the Commonwealth Charter and which puts Guyana at risk of being referred to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group. He considered Parliament the central pillar of democracy and stated
