HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said yesterday that the Government’s interest in getting the date for the next sitting of Parliament is dependent on a number of factors, other than just the Alliance For Change’s (AFC) No-Confidence Motion.There are outstanding Financial Papers, Bills and committee reports that remain to be addressed. Some of these include: The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, the Education Bill, the Wildlife Import and Export Bill and the Telecommunications Bill.
Several other pieces of legislation are also on the agenda for the new parliamentary session, such as the Agriculture Ministry’s Food Safety Bill, and the Legal Affairs Ministry’s Motor Vehicle Third-Party Insurance Bill to facilitate the presence of Brazilian motor vehicular traffic in Guyana.
The Government will also be tabling the Anti-Terrorism Bill, which has combined features of the commitment to the international anti-money laundering agenda, as well as features of the local anti terrorism commitments.
“The date for the sitting, were it to be exclusively decided by Central Government, would depend on all of these factors, other than the No Confidence Motion and its hearings,” Dr Luncheon told reporters yesterday during his weekly post-Cabinet meeting at the Office of the President. (GINA)