{"id":23004,"date":"2024-09-12T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23004"},"modified":"2024-09-12T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T18:20:13","slug":"attorney-general-refutes-claims-of-autocracy-in-guyanas-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/attorney-general-refutes-claims-of-autocracy-in-guyanas-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Refutes Claims of Autocracy in Guyana\u2019s Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has dismissed claims that Guyana\u2019s government exhibits autocratic tendencies, emphasizing that the nation&#8217;s constitution and governance structure remain firmly democratic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue was addressed during the AG\u2019s weekly program, <em>Issues in the News<\/em>, following an opinion piece published on August 27 by Bertrand Ramcharran, former Chairman of the UN Commission on Human Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the article, Ramcharran suggested that there are \u201cshades of autocracy\u201d in Guyana\u2019s current governance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall, however, clarified that autocracy, which equates to dictatorship, is contrary to Guyana&#8217;s democratic framework. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that the country&#8217;s constitution has consistently upheld democratic principles, barring a period between 1980 and 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General highlighted that Guyana\u2019s constitution provides clear guidelines on how the government is elected and how national affairs are managed, ensuring the proper execution of duties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also pointed to the active role of Parliament, noting that since 2020, more legislation has been passed in Guyana than in any other English-speaking Caribbean country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall also underscored the independence of the judiciary as further evidence that autocratic governance does not exist in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has dismissed claims that Guyana\u2019s government exhibits autocratic tendencies, emphasizing that the nation&#8217;s constitution and governance structure remain firmly democratic. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23004","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\/23004","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=23004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23005,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23004\/revisions\/23005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}