The government last evening used its parliamentary majority to supress an opposition motion seeking to have all Members of the National Assembly make public their tax returns to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) over the last 10 years, while arguing that such a move would violate privacy.
The motion brought by PPP/C Member of Parliament (MP) Juan Edghill originally called for the Members of the National Assembly to “make available to the public their tax returns to the Guyana Revenue Authority for the last ten years.” He further sought to have the government “expeditiously table legislation” to give effect to the motion.
However, following amendments tabled by government, the motion that was eventually passed by the National Assembly instead called for the reinforcement of the existing legal requirements to have MPs file their