President Donald Ramotar yesterday wrote Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman formally notifying him that he has withheld his assent to the Fiscal Management and Accounta-bility (Amend-ment) Bill 2012 and the Former Presidents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Bill 2012 passed via the opposition’s one-seat majority.
The President said that both of the bills were unconstitutional.
Trotman had on Friday written to the President seeking an update on whether the President had assented to the Bills, noting that the Bill were sent to him since February.
However the letters from the President to Trotman said that Ramotar received the Bills only on Friday May 3, 2013. This is likely