The long-awaited Local Government Commission will not be in place by this month as initially stated but it should be set up by the end of June, according to Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan.
Cabinet is yet to consider candidates for the body, Bulkan disclosed last week. He told Stabroek News that the lack of suitable accommodation is also hampering the setting up of the Commission. “We are trying to locate suitable premises,” he said.
In December, Bulkan had told Stabroek News that the Commission was expected to be put in place this month. “The commission is expected to become operational sometime in March,” he had said while adding that provision for the funding of the Commission would be included in the 2016
