A proclamation by President Donald Ramotar to prorogue or dissolve parliament would have to be published in the Official Gazette before it takes legal effect and suspends or terminates the proceedings of the House.
“The…proclamation must be gazetted before it becomes of legal effect,” AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan told Stabroek News yesterday. President Donald Ramotar yesterday said that he has already made a decision on whether to prorogue (suspend) or dissolve parliament and Ramjattan said that he understands that the Gazette has already been printed. He said that he was stonewalled