With the budget debates and the examination of the estimates out of the way, government will be proceeding with its legislative agenda in the National Assembly, Presidential Advisor on Governance and PPP/C MP Gail Teixeira has said.
“There are many bills that we have but we will be bringing them to Parliament when we are ready,” Teixeira told Stabroek News on Thursday. She would not delve into details as to the nature of those bills. She said that some of the legislation requires consultations and these are ongoing, upon completion of which they will make their way into the National Assembly.
According to the PPP/C Manifesto for the 2011 elections, the ruling party promised that its new term would see legislation in the area of piracy and hijacking, to facilitate successful prosecutions; to protect society by enacting a bail act; and to stiffen custodial penalties for serious crimes.
The Manifesto also promised that the administration would operationalise the Access to Information legislation, continue to implement the Broadcast Act, in addition to enacting and implementing legislation to liberalise the telecommunications sector.