FOLLOWING an agreement that has been reached for the National Assembly to meet on Wednesday June 13 and Thursday June 14, the sitting of the Parliament will convene today. The first part of today’s session will be dedicated to business of the opposition, and then government business will be dealt with.
Meanwhile, at tomorrow’s sitting, Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds will move a motion on compliance with the Integrity Commission Act.
Financial Paper No. 9 will also be dealt with at Thursday’s sitting, seeking to request supplementary provisions to offset the budget cuts which the parliamentary opposition instituted by using their combined one-seat majority. The Prime Minister said the Financial Paper would be an acid test to determine whether the supplementary provisions would become a panacea for the budget cuts.
Government has moved to the High Court to have the cuts that amount to close to $21B which were made to the 2012 national budget by the Parliamentary Opposition, judicially reviewed. The Administration is seeking to have the reduction of the estimates and revenues by the Committee of Supply, particularly as it relates to the Office of the President, Guyana Power and Lights Inc, Government Information Agency, National Communications Network, Guyana Elections Commission, Information Communications Technology and other affected agencies, declared an abrogation of the doctrine of separation of powers, unconstitutional, unlawful, null, void and of no legal effect.
The writ, prepared by the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, is also seeking to empower Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, to make withdrawals from the Contingencies Fund in accordance with Article 220 of the Constitution.