{"id":19339,"date":"2024-05-02T00:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19339"},"modified":"2024-05-02T00:02:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T00:02:57","slug":"attorney-general-nandlall-blames-authorities-for-illegal-vending-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/attorney-general-nandlall-blames-authorities-for-illegal-vending-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Nandlall Blames Authorities for Illegal Vending Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall criticized the Mayor &amp; City Council (M&amp;CC) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for failing to uphold their statutory duties, leading to the proliferation of illegal vending in the capital city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His remarks were made during his weekly programme, &#8216;Issues in the News.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall highlighted the recent removal of vendors across the city, emphasizing that building permanent structures and vending illegally, which obstruct roadways and premises, constitute criminal offenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that this culture of illegal vending has persisted for decades, with the M&amp;CC often only taking action when threatened with a court order, instead of consistently executing their statutory responsibilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, he criticized the GPF for its failure to maintain law and order effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General lamented that the inaction from both authorities has resulted in a chaotic situation characterized by unhygienic surroundings, among other issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that several business owners have resorted to seeking legal recourse due to the lack of enforcement by the M&amp;CC and the GPF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall also addressed claims about the government being racially biased, emphasizing that ethnicity would not shield anyone from the law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He asserted the government&#8217;s commitment to upholding the rule of law impartially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent court orders obtained by major companies like Banks DIH Limited, Shamdas Kirpalani, and Muneshwers Limited to remove vendors further underscored the lack of government intervention in addressing the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General called for sustained action to address the problem of illegal vending and emphasized that disorderly behavior would not be tolerated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall criticized the Mayor &amp; City Council (M&amp;CC) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for failing to uphold their statutory&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19339","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\/19339","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=19339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19341,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19339\/revisions\/19341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}