GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Two opposition legislators have gone to courtroom to take away Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo from the Nationwide Meeting after being absent from the legislative chambers for greater than six consecutive sitting.
“Good governance depends closely on the energetic participation of all elected officers,” Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones and Tabitha Sarabo-Halley contend of their movement that has Home Speaker Manzoor Nadir and Legal professional Basic Anil Nandlall as respondents.
Additionally they argue that Jagdeo has been absent from greater than six consecutive sittings throughout the first session of 2020- 2024.
The 2 legislators are asking the Excessive Court docket to declare Jagdeo’s seat vacated due to his absence from the Nationwide Meeting, and in a joint press assertion, they stated that “good governance depends closely on the energetic participation of all elected officers,”
They argue that Jagdeo has breached Articles 54 and 156 1 (b) of the Structure of Guyana and Standing Order 106 (2) of the Standing Orders of the Nationwide Meeting of Guyana that present {that a} seat of a Member of the Nationwide Meeting shall be vacated if a member is absent from for greater than six consecutive sittings of the Nationwide Meeting and inside a interval of now not than two calendar months.
“The applying seeks to uphold the Structure of Guyana and to safe the integrity of the parliamentary system in our beloved country- Guyana,” they stated in an announcement.
However whereas he wouldn’t reply to the courtroom motion, Jagdeo instructed reporters, “That’s a matter for the Speaker, and we’ll reply accordingly.
“APNU needs to get me out of in all places now. APNU hates me with a ardour,” he added.
Final month, Jagdeo stated that he declined to talk in the course of the debate on the 2024 nationwide finances due to the standard of the shows from the opposition.
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