Speaker Manzoor Nadir has said that it is not the legislature’s responsibility to inform the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) of a vacancy in the National Assembly rather it communicates directly with the Representative of the List of Candidates to fill the vacancy.
Ultimately there will be two vacant seats on the Opposition side of the National Assembly when the resignation of former Minister of Education Dr Nicolette Henry takes effect on March 31, 2022. The first vacancy was created when former Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon resigned on March 15, 2022.
On March 19, Chief Election Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud had told Stabroek News that the Clerk of the National Assembly was yet to inform him of the vacancy and that he cannot write to the Leader of the List to advise him to extract a replacement name.