Declaring that the discovery of 11 billion barrels of oil is a revolution for the country, Shadow Minister of Justice, Roysdale Forde SC says that the Constitution is in need of radical change and reordering if “Oil Rich Guyana” is going to be an equitable one.
Addressing the Buxton First of August Movement and the Society, Forde said that a careful analysis of the Constitution reveals that it is not up to the oil revolution and its consequences.
“The Constitution does not ensure or meaningfully provide for substantive equality in respect of social and economic rights. Neither does the Constitution place the State under a duty to address those rights in the context of inequalities in the society.