New process needed to forge new constitution – Roopnaraine

Rupert Roopnaraine

There is need for a new process to forge an entirely new constitution with the 1980 Constitution having been “contaminated” by the powers of the Presi-dent, Chairman of the main opposition APNU Dr Rupert Roopnaraine says.

“I believe we need a new process,” Dr Roopnaraine told Stabroek News yesterday suggesting that either a Constituent Assembly or Constitution-al Reform Commission be established. He said that constitutional reform has not been discussed fully by APNU but he believes that one of the priorities of the coalition would be having the president