With the statutory period for Local Government Elections approaching, there remains no indication of when Guyanese will return to the polls, as Local Government Minister Priya Manickchand declined to comment while the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said it is unable to provide information in the absence of a functioning Elections Commission.
APNU’s lead parliamentarian Terrence Campbell has submitted a private member’s bill seeking to amend the Integrity Commission Act to require the publication of summary declarations filed by holders of specified public offices, arguing that the controversy surrounding President Irfaan Ali’s Long Creek farm has highlighted weaknesses in Guyana’s transparency laws.
-sees it as ‘one of the most serious attacks on parliamentary accountability’ APNU yesterday accused the government of deliberately undermining the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by failing to attend its meetings and renewed calls for changes to the committee’s quorum requirements, following another aborted sitting earlier this week.
Nandlall: ‘The commission is properly constituted and as such is moving ahead with its work’ Despite the fact We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) is now the main opposition party in parliament, the government is proceeding with constitution reform without revamping the CRC to include WIN MPs.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has again been unable to meet after government members failed to confirm their attendance, prompting Chairman Vishnu Panday to accuse the government of frustrating the work of Parliament’s principal financial oversight body.
The Office of Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed on Monday accused the government of continuing to frustrate the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), saying a fifth attempt to convene the parliamentary oversight body today was in jeopardy because government members had not confirmed their attendance.
Newly-appointed chairperson of the parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee Odessa Primus has said that among the most pressing areas of focus that will be pursued is the establishment of a migration policy to regulate the number of Venezuelan and other foreigners who are entering the country and settling here.
Newly elected Chairman of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Economic Services, We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) Member of Parliament (MP) Duarte Hetsberger, says that because several matters remain unresolved from the previous parliamentary cycle, plans are being made to intensify the committee’s work during the Opposition’s one-year tenure as head.
Leader of the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) Amanza Walton-Desir has accused the governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) of hypocrisy and selectively applying rules after she was excluded from parliamentary committees despite receiving more votes than other MPs whom the party previously supported for senior positions.
Shadow Minister of Home Affairs Toshana Famey has called for a thorough investigation into the recent seizure of 23 AK-47 assault rifles and more than 500 rounds of ammunition, describing the discovery as a matter of serious national concern.
PNCR leader Aubrey Norton has rejected the view advanced by Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed regarding the proposed appointment of three new opposition commissioners to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), arguing that the interpretation of the Constitution being relied upon by the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) is “fundamentally flawed” both in law and in fact.
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has written to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Leader Aubrey Norton seeking his views on the replacement of the three opposition-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
-says won’t take ‘flimsy’ excuses for non-attendance Vishnu Panday of WIN was yesterday elected chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament and said he won’t be accepting ‘flimsy’ excuses for absences which have stymied meetings in the past.
Following a three-month hiatus in parliamentary sittings, the Government on June 5th initiated moves to repeal the Former Presidents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act 2015 and replace it with a new one that sets no caps to the benefits now being received by those who served in the highest office of the land.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira on Friday defended the consultation process behind the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2026 but questions remain about why the government made a sudden decision to press for a public sex offender registry when the bill catered for a closed one.
Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs says that the failure to notify opposition parliamentarians of a meeting with visiting representatives of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) stemmed from the “gross incompetence” of a staff member attached to his office.
APNU MP Juretha Fernandes has challenged Guyanese to keep abreast with the developments in parliament, especially as it relates to the massive financial paper submitted by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) at the last sitting of the National Assembly on June 5.
