Haslyn Parris dies

Haslyn Parris

Haslyn Parris, a scholar and constitutional expert who had served as Deputy Prime Minister under the PNC government, passed away yesterday at the age of 75.

Stabroek News was told that Parris’ sudden death was as the result of an aneurysm. He passed at Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital.

Parris, who held degrees in Mathematics, Econo-mics and Economics specialising in Statistics, had served as a member of the Guyana Elections Com-mission (Gecom) and had helped to shepherd the constitution reform process between 1999 and 2000. More recently, he was