{"id":22376,"date":"2024-09-04T22:50:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22376"},"modified":"2024-09-04T22:50:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:50:40","slug":"ag-defends-exclusion-of-opposition-politicians-from-national-toshaos-council-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ag-defends-exclusion-of-opposition-politicians-from-national-toshaos-council-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Defends Exclusion of Opposition Politicians from National Toshaos Council Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Samuel Gillis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, defended the exclusion of two opposition politicians from the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference, stating that it was legally justified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the NTC conference on Thursday, Nandlall emphasized that the NTC has the legal authority to determine who may attend their closed-door meetings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He referenced Section 43(3)(b) of the Amerindian Act, which governs the council\u2019s operations and specifies that only invited toshaos or Amerindians designated by the toshaos are permitted to attend these meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General&#8217;s remarks followed the recent barring of Mervyn Williams, a PNCR executive member, and the removal of Opposition MP Vincent Henry from the conference room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall underscored the importance for indigenous leaders to be well-acquainted with the Amerindian Act to prevent misuse and ensure their communities\u2019 rights are protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He advised that every toshao and village council member should have a copy of the Amerindian Act to effectively perform their duties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall assured that the administration is committed to aligning the legislation with international standards to safeguard Amerindian rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also noted that, according to Guyana&#8217;s Constitution, Amerindians are uniquely recognized as a group for whom the government is allowed to provide special consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Gillis Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, defended the exclusion of two opposition politicians from the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference, stating that it was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22376","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=22376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22377,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22376\/revisions\/22377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}