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Jan 01, 2013 News
In relation to the article captioned “Local Government Bills Stuck At Select Committee…….” published in Saturday’s edition of the Stabroek News on December 29, last, A Partnership for National Unit, said that it rejects out of hand, the contention of the Minister of local government, Ganga Persaud, that Committee Chairman, Basil Williams or the APNU is responsible for any delay in the passage of the local government bills.
Routine journalistic practice of simply ‘fact checking’ would have prevented such a publication, the political party said.
On the last sitting of the National Assembly on December 20, last, at a meeting of the members of the Special Select Committee on the Local Government Reform Bills, under the chairmanship of the Speaker, Raphael Trotman, Basil Williams was elected chairman ahead of the Minister, said APNU.
The Yuletide season being at hand, Parliament was adjourned to January 3. As a result, members have returned to different parts of Guyana and abroad, APNU added.
Mr. Basil Williams later told Guyana Times that on the resumption of the National Assembly, he would call the first meeting of the Committee.
APNU affirms that it is therefore fallacious to assert that the local government reform bills were stuck in the Select Committee when the Assembly has been adjourned to a date after the Christmas season.
APNU has always dilated on the fact that the PPPC government is responsible for the non-implementation of local government reform in Guyana, the party said.
For over a decade the PPPC government has had custody of the process of introducing local government reform and has failed to do so. APNU said.
The PPPC had custody of the said Local Government Bills in the 9th Parliament and only passed into law one of the five bills, APNU said.
The local government bills could not be stuck in the Select Committee due to the appointment of its chairman during the Christmas season of 2012, APNU added.
APNU said that it hopes that the negative utterances of the Minister of Local Government are not the precursor of a plan of non-cooperation by the PPP in the Select Committee under the new chairmanship.
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