British to help strengthen Parliament
Several members of the diplomatic community have shown their recognition for new President David Granger, and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo following their coalition’s victory at the May 11 polls.
Greg Quinn, British High Commissioner to Guyana and Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, engaging in a discussion at the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday.
Joining the list yesterday were Greg Quinn, British High Commissioner to Guyana, who paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at his temporary office at the Office of Climate Change (OCC), located in the Ministry of the Presidency, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive. According to Prime Minister Nagamootoo, the visit by the High Commissioner was a welcomed one, which accommodated discussions on the country’s democracy and parliamentary affairs. Nagamootoo said, “We will rely on Great Britain, as well as the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to help us to continue the training of our personnel, to help to strengthen our institution, which is the parliament.” The civil service, according to a Government statement on the visit, is another area in which Guyana is seeking help from the British Government, since it has been a creation of the British Civil Service. ”We want to aim at those high standards of professionalism and integrity that we knew had been associated with civil service…We intend to elevate our training centre into a college.” Meanwhile, High Commissioner Quinn reiterated that the 2015 Regional and General Elections were ‘free and fair.’ He said, “To be 150 percent clear, the British Government’s view is still and always has been that the elections were free, fair, credible and represented the views of the majority of the Guyanese people.” Quinn added that the two countries will continue to pursue several areas of interest. Guyana and the British share cooperation initiatives in the areas of public sector reform, debt relief, education, water supply, restructuring of the sugar industry, public sector reform and the strengthening of the judiciary and law enforcement.