President David Granger on Wednesday said that a date has not been set for the dissolution of parliament as his government has not breached any constitutional principle.
Subsequent to accepting the credentials of new Brazilian Ambassador Maria Clara Duclos Carisio at the Ministry of the Presidency, the president told reporters that there is no need for parliament to be dissolved now. “We discussed this matter at cabinet yesterday (Tuesday) and at this stage, there is no constitutional requirement to dissolve parliament,” Granger said.
He added that they are further awaiting the advice of the Attorney General but emphasised that no constitutional principles have been breached.
“At present, we have not breached any constitutional principle and when we get that advice, Cabinet will advise me and we will dissolve parliament but there is no need for it to be done now,” the president said.
On a previous occasion, Granger, in relation to the dissolution of parliament, stated that government needed to keep their options open in the event of an emergency. In that case, the National Assembly will be able to deal with the said emergency.
Meantime, also on Wednesday, Granger disclosed that the Cummingsburg Accord has been revised and the executive council of APNU will be scrutinising the revised draft. “As far as APNU is concerned, the APNU executive council, hopefully will be scrutinising the revised drafts this week, hopefully by Friday. It has been written already and as soon as that is done, we will submit it to the AFC for their consideration,” the president said.
