Last week’s column showed how similar our constitution is to that of the United States of America when it comes to the power relations between the institutions that we call “supreme organs of democratic power” (in my view this phrase is nothing but archaic socialist hyperbole). This relationship has not prevented the USA from being considered one of the most open and inclusively democratic countries. My concluding question was why then should these power relations negatively affect our perception of democracy in Guyana?
AFC’s Mr. Nigel Hughes would answer the question by saying because it does not fulfill the constitutional commitment contained in Article 13 of the Constitution, which states:
“The principal objective of the political system of the State is to establish an inclusionary democracy by providing increased opportunities for the participation of citizens and the organisations in the management and decision making processes of the State with particular emphasis on those areas of decision making that