The trick
The President of Guyana on Tuesday January 20, 2015 announced May 11, 2015 as the date on which the next elections will occur. The announcement was done without the customary dissolution of parliament which normally accompanies such an announcement. The absence of the mandatory proclamation and the proposed timing of the elections caused Guyanese to surmise rather rapidly that the PPP/C government was playing a game of cat and mouse with them. Prorogation does not end the need for the parliamentary approval of money spent by the government in the new fiscal year. An appropriation bill is still necessary and it could only come from the 10th Parliament.
As such, a popular view has now emerged that the 10th Parliament was being kept alive and will be brought out of prorogation
