AG did not present a position on unanimity

Mar 14, 2012 News

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, said yesterday that he has no power to make decisions for the Guyana

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall

Government.
His comments came in the wake of statements published in the press on his report to the forum of Attorneys General when they met recently in Suriname.
The region’s Attorneys General had met via teleconferencing, for the Legal Affairs Committee, to examine a number of issues pertaining to the modification of the Treaty of Chaguaramas. One issue involved the unanimity clause contained in the Treaty.
In Suriname, Nandlall explained that in its current state, the amendment mechanism of the Treaty of Chaguaramas requires unanimity before an article or clause of the Treaty could be amended.
As a result of the requirement of unanimity, Nandlall said that CARICOM may have found that it takes an extremely long time to get things done.
Nandlall said the regional law makers contended that rather than having unanimity among Heads and Leaders, maybe there should be a simple majority scenario.
This recommendation was put to the intercessional meeting in Suriname. Reports that he had adumbrated a position to the press were exaggerated. Nandlall said that the report suggested that Guyana had adopted a position ahead of the decision by the regional heads.
He said that the Legal Affairs Committee suggested that the Heads could agree to a policy and move to implement it while other sister CARICOM countries not involved in the original decision could always come on board at a subsequent time.

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