The sub-committee that was recently tasked with examining the draft code of conduct for government ministers and other public officials has recommended that the regulations must also address private life.
The “re-worked” draft code was handed over to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo last month by the chair of the committee, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman. The committee, in its recommendations, which have been seen by this newspaper, do not make any major changes to the draft code, which had been made public.
However, the Guyana Bar Association (GBA)—which submitted proposals on the draft code—and the committee both recommended that the line, “This Code does not seek to regulate the conduct of public office holders in their private and personal lives,” be removed. The committee said that this
