Dave posted:Basil Williams did make a impact on Django brains .
Mr Django What ever happened to this promise by APNU/ AFC.... now, when you provide the honest answer, then you have credibility to speak of constitutional abused.
CONSTITUTIONAL, JUDICAL, ELECTORAL And PARLIAMENTARY REFORM
Priority Reform by APNU/AFC InClUde:
Constitutional Reform
• The APNU+AFC Coalition will immediately appoint a Constitutional Reform Commission consisting of representatives of all major Stakeholders - trades unions, the private sector, religious and faith-based organisations, women, youths, professional organizations and the University. Its mandate will be to undertake the urgent task of fashioning comprehensive reforms, for early implementation, designed to guarantee
a democratic society free from the abuse of citizens by those in high office fuelled by the exercise of arbitrary powers and behaviour by the Executive which is inconsistent with the spirit and provisions of the Constitution.
Powers of President and
Prime Minister
• Re-balancing the powers and responsibilities of the Prime Minister and the President in a manner meant to reduce abuse, avoid conflicts of interest and facilitate the more efficient execution of state functions;This is what happened in 2006.
At the end of February, the opposition PNC/R began to express concerns that GECOM would be unable to verify the list of electors before August 4, much to the disillusionment of the ruling PPP/C which is of the opinion that there is sufficient time to do so. In addition, the PNC/R demanded house-to-house verification of the electoral register, a procedure that is not seen as necessary by the government.
As a result battle lines over the date of the elections were suddenly drawn – with the PPP/C wanting elections by the constitutional due date; and the PNC/R insisting on elections at a later date, holding GECOM’S lack of readiness as its trump card. The more the government insisted that GECOM should be ready to hold the elections, the more the opposition accused the government of trying to influence the decision of the supposedly independent commission.
On 2 May 2006, President Bharrat Jagdeo dissolved the National Assembly. Elections, originally scheduled for 4 August 2006, were subsequently held on 28 August 2006
Election not possible until August 30th .. say GECOM.
After weeks of protracted discussions on a date for the upcoming elections, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has identified August 30th as the possible elections day following a four to three vote at last Wednesday's statutory meeting. This means that the August 4 constitutional deadline for holding elections will not be met and arrangements will have to be put in place to extend the life of the government.
President Jagdeo had asked for elections deadline to be met. The PPP, had expressed the view that the polls could be held before the deadline if GECOM reduced the number of days ascribed to some activities in the election plan. However, following subsequent revisions, GECOM's operations department indicated that it still could not meet the due date.
The opposition commissioners were against fixing a date with a number of outstanding issues still on the commission's agenda, including the verification of the 2001 Official List of Electors (OLE). The late August date does not take into consideration a verification exercise.
Two days after this decision was communicated to the President, the three opposition commissioners announced that they would no longer participate in discussions related to the upcoming polls. They said electoral stakeholders have been deliberately misled and that there has been a lack of transparency in the conduct of the commission's poll preparations.
Django bai, check the info above. Looks like Jagdeo did announce elections day when he dissolved parliament. It looks like the PPP wanted elections to be held by the constitutional deadline while the PNC were delaying it. No wonder Nandlall stated equivocally that the PPP never delayed any elections beyond its constitutional boundries.
Fast forward to 2018/2019. The PNC has done every pathetic thing to delay elections which should have been held by March 22, 2019 including first coercing ole man Patterson to extend his sick leave (against his doctor's advise) and then by using Singh to pull a February 28, 2020 date out of her lazarus ass.