…resignations to become following relevant processes 

While President David Granger has accepted the resignation of the four-coalition government Members of Parliament, their resignations will not take effect immediately .

The Ministry of the Presidency also stated in a  release that The three APNU ministers who tendered their resignations from the National Assembly recently ,will take steps to renounce their foreign citizenship.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of the Presidency disclosed that President Granger received and accepted the resignations of all coalition Members of Parliament who are holders of dual citizenship. Those Members of Parliament are: Carl Greenidge, Joseph Harmon, Dominic Gaskin and Rupert Roopnaraine, who held ministerial portfolios respectively for Foreign Affairs, State, Business and Tourism and the Public Service.

On Wednesday , the Ministry of the Presidency stated that the President made it clear that the replacement of MPs can be done only when they submit their letters of resignation to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland, as is prescribed by the Constitution of Guyana.

The President reminded that the nomination of new members can be done only after the extraction of names from the National Top-Up list is approved by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

As such, the four ministers will remain ministers until the aforementioned processes are completed.”The President, moreover, has not approved replacements at this time,” the MOTP said.

The resignation of the ministers is in keeping with the Constitution of Guyana as well as the March 22, 2019 ruling of the Court of Appeal relative to the validity of the no-confidence motion passed on December 21, 2018.

Opposition Members of Parliament with dual citizenship have so far refused to relinquish their seats, effectively disregarding the Constitution of Guyana, and the decisions of the courts.

Both the High Court and the Court of Appeal have indicated that it is unconstitutional for Members of Parliament to be dual citizens. To be a dual citizen in the National Assembly is a breach of Article 155 of the Constitution.