-refuses to sit in Parliament for President’s speech
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) refused to attend yesterday’s sitting of parliament, and instead held a public demonstration on the grounds that the administration is insensitive to the high cost of living and refuses to engage in the democratic systems afforded by parliament, a release from the party stated.
The release said that the decision was made not to attend yesterday’s parliamentary sitting at which the President spoke and its public demonstration served to emphasise that the nation is gripped by a series of crises: “a crisis in parliamentary democracy; a crisis in local government affairs; a crisis in political relations; a corruption crisis; a transparency and accountability crisis; a law enforcement crisis, and a crisis in terms of the high cost of living and poor quality of life experienced daily by most Guyanese citizens,” adding that a substantial percentage of the Guyanese people live in poverty despite the oil wealth.