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First parliamentary sitting in seven months set for Wednesday
President David Granger has made an official proclamation for the Eleventh Parliament of Guyana to be convened next Wednesday, some seven months after the Tenth Parliament was prorogued by former President, Donald Ramotar.
President David Granger
The proclamation is in keeping with Article 69 (1) of the Constitution, which stipulates that each session of Parliament shall begin at the time that the President appoints by proclamation.
The National Assembly, the most important arm of Parliament, will meet at 14:00hrs.
The business of the sitting will include the election of the Speaker and Deputy-Speaker of the House, and the swearing in of all Members of Parliament.
The sitting will then be suspended to facilitate the arrival of the President who will inspect the Guard of Honour, in the forecourt of the Public Buildings compound, and then address the National Assembly.
On Monday, two days before Parliament is convened, Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, will meet with the new Members of Parliament to brief them on parliamentary practices and procedures and to discuss their privileges and entitlements.
Parliament was prorogued on November 10, last. Ramotar made the decision to prorogue the Parliament to avoid an Alliance For Change (AFC)-sponsored no-confidence Motion which would have been supported by A Partnership for National Unity.
Ramotar had said that he prorogued the Parliament for “, meaningful” consultations with the then opposition which was made up of APNU and the AFC. But the opposition was adamant that it was not going to have
Former President, Donald Ramotar
talks with the government outside of Parliament.
Eventually, after leaving parliament in a state of prorogation, for at least two months, Ramotar, on 24th February dissolved the Tenth Parliament. He then set a date for elections, May 11, and up to that date remained “extremely confident” that he would have been re-elected with a Parliamentary two-thirds majority.
But Ramotar’s faith in himself was shattered, as his fate was to lose the elections.
Even after the Guyana Elections Commission declared David Granger as President, Ramotar refused to accept defeat.
Even though the official proclamation has been made to convene the Eleventh Parliament, Ramotar’s Party—the People’s Progressive Party/Civic—is yet to give GECOM its list of Members of Parliament. (Abena Rockcliffe)
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