A petition has been tendered to Parliament by Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) calling for a deferral of debate on the Natural Resources Fund Bill until citizens can consider it.
A release from PFG, a civil society group that addresses electoral, financial and environmental accountability, said that it had submitted the petition to Parliament on December 16 , the same day that the government tabled a new bill which is intended to replace the Act currently in place.
The petition said that the pause in debate is necessary for the government to fully engage with both the opposition and civil society on the new bill with the Natural Resources Sector Committee of Parliament available to facilitate such a process.
