…if successful at general elections
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Nigel Hughes, of the Alliance for Change (AFC), said yesterday that should his party be successful at the general elections, it will pursue the removal of the executive presidency, among other constitutional and legislative changes. Speaking at the AFC’s headquarters in Campbellville, Georgetown, Hughes said a bicameral legislature would be put in place where a president will enjoy no immunities, and the leader of the government would be the prime minister.
Also at the press conference were Chairperson Cathy Hughes, Head of Youth for Change group Trevor Williams, and executive in charge of the New Jersey/New York AFC diaspora group, Rohan Somwar.
According to Hughes,the AFC is proposing, in a bicameral legislature, to set up a senate which will be more reflective of the regional bodies. As an example, he said if each region were to send two members to the senate, then that would allow  greater representation at the regional level.
Further, Hughes said the AFC proposes legislation that would remove the possibility of a ‘deadlock’ in the appointment of the chancellor and the chief justice.
The party also proposes the establishment of a permanent parliamentary court which will deal with malfeasance in the office by constitutional office holders.
Hughes said that the court would be staffed with professional judges. It would have its own investigators and would command the police to conduct investigations on those constitutional office holders who are accused of behaving improperly.
The court will have the authority to prosecute, convict, imprison and fine, as the case may be.
Hughes said the AFC intends not only to expand the complement of judges, but would like to pull the judiciary into the present electronic age, which will allow attorneys to address judges electronically by way of video conferencing.