Opinion

Oil and Guyana’s fortunes: Lessons from Equatorial Guinea

Just around  the same time last week when the Department of Energy was preparing to break the news of ExxonMobil’s eleventh and twelfth oil discoveries offshore Guyana,  prosecutors  in Geneva were winding down a two-year-old money laundering inquiry involving  the eldest son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nugema Mbasogo, Africa’s longest serving ruler.

GECOM and general elections

Friday’s press conference called by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was further evidence that this high constitutional body has allowed itself to be subverted by the government with the express intention of delaying general elections and further thrusting the country towards a constitutional crisis.

Fatigue

After all the expectations generated by the promises of the 2015 campaign, and the hope that some tinkering, at least, would be done on the Constitution to make our political world a little less stressful, here we are again, back to square one.

Constitution provides for eventuality where Gov’t and President fail to comply with Article 106 (7)

Dear Editor, Today marks eighty-seven days since the PPP/C tabled its No Confidence Motion and fifty days since it was passed, the Government defeated, Cabinet including the President ceased to exist, and the imposition of a ninety days deadline for the Government to hold fresh elections, unless extended by a two-thirds vote of the National Assembly.

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