Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) says proposed ministerial powers to make regulations for the Integrity Commission should be expunged along with what it called a `terror’ clause and it has also criticised the proposed Code of Conduct for top officials as weak and low on specificity.
A functioning Integrity Commission and a code of conduct for top officials had been key promises of the governing APNU+AFC but two years after its accession to office it is yet to fulfil these commitments.
The government this year invited comments from various groups on the proposed changes to the Integrity Commission Act and draft code of conduct. In a statement on Saturday, TIGI said that it was invited by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on February 27 to review the proposed amendments and it
