Opposition Member of the Standing Committee on Constitutional Reform Anil Nandlall is of the firm view that the Constitutional Reform Consultative Commission Bill is a mere façade and its referral to the committee a charade to quell public pressure.
The Bill which was sent to the Committee over a year ago has had no significant work done as the committee has not met. During the 2019 Budget debate each side of the House blamed the other for this failure with Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo stressing that the opposition members were absent from a meeting called just days before.
Noting that both sides of the House have in principle committed to constitutional reform, Stabroek News asked Nandlall what efforts the opposition had made to realise this commitment.
