The future of the National Assembly

Introduction: Stabroek News has invited the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) to submit a weekly column on governance and related matters. Only APNU and the AFC have submitted columns this week.

President Donald Ramotar’s systematic suppression of the National Assembly through the non-assent to bills, the non-implementation of resolutions, the non-conduct of local government elections and the non-compliance with provisions of the Appropriations Act came to a grotesque climax on 10th November 2014 when he promulgated the obnoxious and notorious ‘Prorogation’ order.

Guyanese must recognise the damage which has been wrought to parliamentary democracy by the People’s Progressive Party,