Opinion

President Ali’s ‘fore day morning’ summons

The sense one gets from President Irfaan Ali’s recent 5:30 am meeting with Ministers and some senior Public Servants is that he seeking to send a message that there are mechanisms within aspects of the government’s machinery that are, at the least, creaking at the hinges, and that he is seeking to send a boisterous message to those state functionaries of his unhappiness with the performances of some key institutions of government and that he is seeking significant changes in the modus operandi of those aspects of the operational side of the governance process.

The MMU Bond and $343.8m

On November 15th, the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) charged two former employees of the Ministry of Health’s Materials Management Unit (MMU) Bond at Diamond, East Bank Demerara with money laundering.

There are several articles in constitution which if enforced can go a far way in enabling broad participation in national decision-making

Dear Editor, The Guyana Constitution in its preamble requires us to “Forge a system of governance that promotes concerted effort and broad-based participation in national decision-making in order to develop a viable economy and a harmonious community based on democratic values, social justice, fundamental human rights, and the rule of law.” 

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