The recent consultation process between President Ali and Opposition Leader Norton commenced on May 13 and was adjourned for the President to provide the CVs of the nominees. Mr. Norton also requested the grounds on which the nominees were selected. The President indicated that the meeting will be reconvened within a week. But it was […]
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INDEPENDENCE IN THE ERA OF OIL
The earliest manifestation of Guyana’s new status in the international community is the attention it attracted between the 21 December, 2018, and the 2 March, 2020. On 21 December, 2018, the majority of members of the National Assembly supported a motion of no confidence in the Government. This event attracted international attention, but not international […]
THE BIOMETRIC PLAN
THE RIGGING OF ELECTIONS
The rigging of elections in Guyana has multi-dimensional aspects and in that it represents manifestations of the deepest fissures of our society. The Statements of Poll will never be produced by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and nothing the PPP/C Government does to provide an acceptable list of voters will satisfy APNU+AFC. Even if the biometric […]
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND THE CITIZEN
On Wednesday last the public was treated to a brilliant and expansive lecture by the former Chancellor (ag) of the Judiciary and now Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence at the University of Guyana, Carl Singh. The subject was “The Constitutional Guarantee of Fundamental Rights and the Citizen. The lecture, to a packed hall and attentive audience at Herdmanston […]