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A case of the Executive versus the Legislative

Nov 29, 2012 Letters

 

Dear Editor,
The current state of politics in Guyana seems to suggest that the November 2011 National and Regional Elections have produced a situation of the Executive versus the Legislative.
November 28, 2011, marked one year since those historic elections which resulted, for the first time, in the Executive Government’s status reduced to a minority in the National Assembly. As such, one might argue that this unorthodox situation sees that minority PPP/C government reacting in a way which intimates that it is either unaware of its relegated status or refuses to accept the will of the Guyanese people, who through their ballots rejected that party.
Others might argue that the PPP/C’s reactions towards the people, after those elections, conform to the attitudes and actions of an undemocratic regime, consumed with the obsession of power.
Whichever rationale is accurate, the fact is the PPP/C has decided that it will have its way and will not cede its obsession with absolute power, even if it has to disregard the will of the people. So when one looks at what happens (with the regular running to the courts to block actions taken by the people, in the parliament) the PPP/C is attempting to stall work of this supreme law-making body. They simultaneously attack the people by using State resources, such as NCN and Guyana Chronicle, to unleash their vile propaganda against the very people whose tax dollars upkeep those media entities.
Like a tyrant and bully, who couldn’t care less about the alarming backlog in the court system, the PPP/C ratchets up its rhetoric and appears to engage in actions intended to coerce the Courts to rule in their favour.
We have witnessed the judicial charade with respect to the budget cuts among other cases; we are now at the stage of the ‘Rohee gag saga’ and the court case against the Speaker of the National Assembly. When will this assault on the people of Guyana cease?
In a country which professes to; be democratic; uphold the rule of law; be guided by the principle of Separation of Powers, inherent in its Constitution, the executive refuses to abide by the rulings of the Parliament.
Yes, in this same Guyana the Executive President, Mr. Donald Ramotar, made a bold announcement that he, as president, will not sign any Bill into law which is passed by the majority combined opposition, once that Bill does not find favour with his government. These are serious pronouncements which will continue to form the basis of interaction among the three branches of the state and which will also determine the level of parliamentary progress and the overall progress of the nation.
It appears that the PPP/C is prepared to forego any development in the name of projecting its obsession of political power.
Lurlene Nestor

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