Gov’t to table constitutional reform bill ahead of recess

Government yesterday committed to tabling the Constitutional Reform and Consultative Bill, intended to advance the constitutional reform process, before the upcoming parliamentary recess in August.

A release issued by the Government of Guyana explained that Cabinet took the decision at a meeting yesterday.

The APNU+AFC government has come under increasing pressure over its failure to deliver on its manifesto promise of the appointment of a commission within three months of taking office to amend the constitution. Two years have passed without this commission being established. More recently, the government