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January 24, 2015 | By | Filed Under News 

Office of the President has dismissed the possibility of Government recalling Parliament, but yesterday disclosed that it is continuing with its preparation of the 2015 national budget. Answering questions during his weekly post-Cabinet press conference, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, said that it is inconceivable that Guyana would want to eturn to the days of the 10th Parliament. “I do believe I can speak reasonably, that is, by concluding that the 10th Parliament is history,” the official said yesterday. Rather, the government is already looking in another direction…the May 11 date for national elections as announced by President Donald Ramotar on Tuesday. He also said that the government is continuing work to prepare the national budget for this year, with the intentions for it to be passed after a new Government would have been installed after elections. Since the President’s announcement on Tuesday, there have been a host of criticisms over the non-dissolution of Parliament. Legal minds, Opposition parties and other civic groups argued that Parliament should have been dissolved before the naming of elections. The Guyana Human Rights Association, the National Independent Party which will be contesting, and even the Guyana Trade Union Congress have all made it clear that Guyana is sailing in uncharted waters. There were speculations that the administration was contemplating recalling Parliament to pass the budget. However, this is an impossibility, Dr. Luncheon said yesterday. The 10th Parliament, installed after Ramotar was sworn in as a minority President in late 2011, has been a highly troubled one with the Opposition, boosted by their one-seat majority, used their voting powers to block a number of controversial projects, including the US$850M Amaila Falls hydro project, among others. Last year, in the face of a no-confidence motion, President Ramotar used his powers to prorogue Parliament. The suspension would have ended in May, but growing from local and international bodies, including the diplomatic missions saw the President announcing Tuesday that polls to choose a new Government will be held on May 11. The date would clash with exams of the Caribbean Examinations Council. However, Dr. Luncheon yesterday assured that arrangements are being made so that students writing the exams would not be affected. Traditionally, the polling places are mainly at public schools.

 

PPP need brute force to drive sense into there head...this house slave need to tek wan akya stick or a base ball bat and run he ugly rass down regent street den he guh ketch some sense that the cabal no longer run things....

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