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GRANGER SEES NEED FOR FULL-TIME PARLIAMENTARIANS

Jun 07, 2012 News

Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger, has issued a call for his colleagues to consider constitutional changes to permit the election of full-time members of the National Assembly some time in the future.
Mr. Granger made this call while presenting a scholarly paper entitled “Part-time Parliament, Full-time Parliamentarians: Are Sittings Adequate?” to the 37th Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region, held in Kingston, Jamaica.
The conference was held under the theme: ‘Low Citizen Confidence in Governance: How Can Parliamentarians Build Trust in Caribbean Legislatures?’
In his presentation, he referred to similar calls by former Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, and former PNCR Chief Whip, Mr. E. Lance Carberry. Both felt that the efficient functioning of the parliamentary committee system and the need for greater scrutiny could justify consideration of full-time Members of Parliament in Guyana.
Mr. Granger also cited the recommendations of Commonwealth Parliamentary Adviser, Sir Michael Davies, whose report entitled, Needs Assessment of the Guyana National Assembly, presented a sober, structured and serious indictment on the manner in which the Assembly was managed during the 9th Parliament under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration.
The ‘Davies Report’ exposed the methods devised by the Executive branch which had the effect of thwarting democracy and undermining the independence of the Legislative branch. It concluded, in brief, that the National Assembly’s weaknesses were the result of the Executive branch’s attempts to run the legislature like a government department rather than to allow it to function as an independent institution, Granger said.
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic Region is made up of 18 branches from 17 countries and consists of parliamentarians who are united by their “respect for the rule of law, democracy and individual rights and freedoms, without regard to gender, race, religion or culture.”

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