• Establishment of cabinet/ministers
• Cabinet selection
• Cabinet selection
• Powers of cabinet
Article 106 1980 Constitution.
106. (1) There shall be a Cabinet for Guyana, which shall consist of the
President, the Prime Minister, the Vice Presidents, and such other
Ministers as may be appointed to it by the President.
(2) The Cabinet shall aid and advise the President in the general
direction and control of the Government of Guyana and shall be
collectively responsible therefor to Parliament.
(3) Cabinet Meetings shall be presided over by ––
(a) the President;
(b) in the absence of the President, the Prime Minister; or
(c) in the absence of the President and the Prime Minister, such
Minister as the President may designate.
(4) The Cabinet may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership
of the absence of any member thereof.
(5) At the invitation of the President or of any person presiding at a
meeting of the Cabinet, a Minister who is not a member of the
Cabinet may attend that meeting and participate fully in the
proceedings as if he were a member.
Amendment 2000 [Added]
• Cabinet removal
• Head of government removal
• Head of state removal
(6)The Cabinet including the President shall resign if the Government is defeated by the vote of a majority of all the elected members of the National Assembly on a vote of confidence.
(7)Notwithstanding its defeat, the Government shall remain in office and shall hold an election within three months, or such longer period as the National Assembly shall by resolution supported by not less than two-thirds of the votes of all the elected members of the National Assembly determine, and shall resign after the President takes the oath of office following the election.
• Eligibility for cabinet
• Eligibility for head of government
• Eligibility for head of state
• Eligibility for first chamber
Article 155. 1980 Constitution
(1) No person shall be qualified for election as a member of
the National Assembly who ––
(a) is, by virtue of his own act, under any
acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or
adherence to a foreign power or state;
(b) is a person certified to be insane or otherwise
adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in
force in Guyana;
(c) is under sentence of death imposed on him by a
court, or is serving a sentence of imprisonment
(by whatever name called) exceeding six months
imposed on him by a court or substituted by
competent authority for some other sentence
imposed on him by a court, or is under such a
sentence of imprisonment the execution of which
has been suspended; or
Amended by Act No. 17 of 1984 by insertion in paragraph (d) of the
words "the Public Service Appellate Tribunal":
(d) holds or is acting in the office of any Judge of the
Supreme Court of Judicature, a member of the
Public Service Appellate Tribunal, the Elections
Commission, the Judicial Service Commission,
the Public Service Commission, the Teaching
Service Commission or the Police Service
Commission, the Director of Public Prosecutions,
the Ombudsman or the Auditor General.
(2) No person shall be qualified to be nominated for election as
a member of the National Assembly under the provisions of
paragraph (3) or (4) of article 60 if at the date of his
nomination for such election he is a member of the
Assembly under the provisions of article 60 (2) or article
160 (2).
(3) No person shall be qualified to be nominated for election as
a member of the National Assembly under the provisions of
article 60 (2) or article 160 (2) if at the date of his
nomination for such election he is a member of the
Assembly under the provisions of paragraph (3) or (4) or
article 60.
(4) No person shall be qualified to be nominated for election as
a member of the National Assembly under the provisions of
article 60 (4) if at the date of his nomination for suchelection he is a member of the Assembly under the
provisions of article 60 (3).
(5) No person shall be qualified to be nominated for election as
a member of the National Assembly under the provisions of
article 60 (3) if at the date of his nomination for such
election he is a member of the Assembly under the
provisions of article 60 (4).
(6) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2),
(3), (4), and (5), Parliament may provide that a person shall
not be qualified for election as a member of the National
Assembly in any of the following cases, that is to say ––
(a) if he holds or is acting in any office that is
specified by Parliament and the functions of
which involve responsibility for, or in connection
with, the conduct of an election or the compilation
or revision of any register of electors for the
purposes of an election;
(b) subject to any exceptions and limitations
prescribed by Parliament, if he has any such
interest in any such Government contract, as may
be so prescribed;
(c) subject as aforesaid, if ––
(i) he holds or is acting in or performing the
functions of any office or appointment
prescribed by Parliament either individually
or by reference to a class of office or
appointment;
(ii) he belongs to any armed force of Guyana or
to any class of persons that is comprised in
any such force; or
(iii) he belongs to any police force of Guyana or
to any class of persons that is comprised in
any such force;
(d) if, during such period (not exceeding five years)
preceding the election day as may be prescribed
by Parliament, he ––
(i) has been convicted by a court of an offence
relating to excitement of hostility of ill-will
against any person or class of persons onthe grounds of his or their race; or
(ii) has been convicted by a court of any offence
connected with an election that is so
prescribed or has been reported guilty of
such an offence by the High Court in
proceedings under article 163:
Provided that Parliament may empower the
court to exempt a person from
disqualification for election on account of
such a conviction or report if the court
deems it just so to do.
(7) For the purposes of paragraph (1) (c) ––
(a) two or more sentences of imprisonment that are
required to be served consecutively shall be
regarded as separate sentences if none of those
sentences exceeds six months, but if any one of
those sentences exceeds that term they shall be
regarded as one sentence; and
(b) no account shall be taken of a sentence of
imprisonment imposed as an alternative to or in
default of the payment of a fine.
(8) In paragraph (6) (b) "Government contract" means any
contract made with the Government of Guyana or with a
department of that Government or with an officer of that
Government contracting as suc h.
2 [Repealed by Act No. 14 of 2000]
3 [Repealed by Act No. 14 of 2000]
4 [Repealed by Act No. 14 of 2000]
5 [Repealed by Act No. 14 of 2000]
