A delegation from the National Assembly led by Speaker, Barton Scotland will pay a four-day visit to the Parliament of Suriname from tomorrow to Sunday, October 18, a release from Parliament Office said today.
The 14 member team includes the Clerk of the National Assembly, Members from both the Government and the Opposition and supporting staff from the Parliament Office. The purpose of the visit is to compare the two parliamentary systems to see how both Parliaments could learn from each other and adapt best practices where applicable, inter alia; create a structured “contact programme” between the Parliaments of Guyana and Suriname; and to create a formal relationship between the two Parliaments and peoples so that the many similar issues faced can be better understood and dealt with among other things.
The team’s visit is in fulfilment of a commitment made by former Speaker of the House, Raphael Trotman, to pay a return visit to the Parliament of Suriname. Dr. Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Suriname, together with a delegation of eleven (11), had visited the Co-operative Republic of Guyana from the 24th to 26th October, 2013 on an invitation by former Speaker Trotman.
