At the memorial for the late Robert Corbin, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo praised the willingness of Mr. Corbin to engage with the government of which he was then President and the Mr. Corbin’s firm defence of the interests of his party. The Vice President’s reflections ranged far and wide, but their most compelling aspect was […]
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I have posted two articles in the past calling for the confirmation of the acting appointments of the Chancellor and Chief Justice. That was a time when the Government did not favour the holder of at least one of the acting appointees. I was in good company. In an earlier era, when the acting appointees […]
The Property Tax Act in Guyana was passed in 1962 as part of the budget proposals of that year on which Nicolas Kaldor, a moderate social democratic Cambridge University economist, had advised. The proposals were the most revolutionary of the era, described as a genuine attempt to solve Guyana’s economic problems, but violently opposed by […]
Before the ink was dry on the Geneva Agreement in 1966, Venezuela invaded Guyana’s half of the island of Ankoko. Since then, its aggressive intent against Guyana has manifested itself in many ways. Over the past five years, Venezuela’s aggression against Guyana has expanded, encompassing land and sea. That new aggression consists of both a military build-up in equipment and personnel in border regions […]
The current method of appointing the Leader of the Opposition is provided by article 184 of the Constitution. It provides that “the Leader of the Opposition shall be elected by and from among non-governmental members of the National Assembly at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Speaker of the National Assembly, who shall […]
