GHRA shocked at rushing of anti-terrorism bill

Raphael Trotman

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) and the business community yesterday expressed concern at the move by the David Granger administration to suspend the Standing Orders to allow three bills to go through the entire parliamentary process at today’s sitting of the National Assembly.

The GHRA said that the anti-terrorism bill in its present state would allow the State to perpetrate serious violations of due process.

However, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman has defended the move saying that government is acting within       the Standing Orders and the Constitution.           Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is expected to move a motion in the House to suspend the Standing Orders to