{"id":13142,"date":"2023-10-09T15:14:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13142"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:14:46","slug":"strengthening-judicial-independence-a-historical-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/strengthening-judicial-independence-a-historical-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening Judicial Independence: A Historical Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Attorney General Anil Nandlall emphasized the PPP\/C Government&#8217;s commitment to reinforcing the judiciary&#8217;s independence throughout its history in office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He asserted that there has never been an attempt to influence the courts, stifle freedom of speech, or impede access to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Nandlall, since taking office, the PPP\/C Government has introduced nearly 200 amendments to the 1980 constitution, aimed at empowering the judiciary by curbing the authority of the Executive branch of Government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One notable reform highlighted by the Attorney General is the judiciary&#8217;s autonomy in determining its annual budget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall made these remarks during a television broadcast commemorating &#8216;Celebrating October 5 &#8211; The Return to Democracy in Guyana,&#8217; which aired on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PPP\/C Government&#8217;s approach to strengthening the judiciary and safeguarding its independence is a pivotal aspect of Guyana&#8217;s democratic progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Anil Nandlall emphasized the PPP\/C Government&#8217;s commitment to reinforcing the judiciary&#8217;s independence throughout its history in office. He asserted that there has never been an attempt to influence&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13144,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13142\/revisions\/13144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}