Dear Editor,
Reportedly the Clerk of the National Assembly, on the advice of the Speaker, has written the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs for his office’s legal counsel on the no-confidence motions brought against the Leader of the Opposition and two government ministers. On the surface this may appear to be all well and good, though it should not be ignored that in the case of the motion against the Leader of the Opposition, the Attorney General is a party of interest, and in the motions against the ministers he is a comrade. It therefore would be instructive to see in his advice whether the motion against the Leader of the Opposition is proper or not.
The Attorney General is the Legal Counsel of the Government of Guyana, and ought to be the principal custodian of the Constitution and Laws of Guyana. The group that happens to be in government presently is the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C). The Attorney General is also a member in the leadership of the PPP/C, where the philosophical position is unlocked and implemented, and also shapes the policy positions of the government. Further, he has been the most vocal proponent in the attacks against the opposition. On the motions against the ministers brought by the Main Opposition, the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change, the nation awaits his pronouncement.
Sincerely,
Lincoln Lewis.
