Nandlall 2015 memo being cited as support for normal functions of gov’t

A legal opinion drafted by former Attorney General Anil Nandlall in February 2015 is being cited as support for the continued normal functioning of the APNU+AFC government in the period between the passage of the no confidence motion and the holding of General Elections.

In response to a series of questions in 2015 from Sophie Makonnen, country representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Nandlall noted that “under the Westminster Constitutional model, an Executive Government continues in office with unaltered powers until a new Executive Government assumes o