{"id":24583,"date":"2024-12-05T12:50:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T12:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24583"},"modified":"2024-12-05T12:51:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T12:51:31","slug":"attorney-general-rejects-oppositions-call-for-legislation-of-100000-cash-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/attorney-general-rejects-oppositions-call-for-legislation-of-100000-cash-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Rejects Opposition&#8217;s Call for Legislation of $100,000 Cash Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire | November 6, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has rejected calls from the opposition to legislate the recently announced $100,000 cash grant for Guyanese citizens aged 18 and older. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u2019s decision to distribute this one-time grant was announced in October by President Irfaan Ali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his appearance on the &#8220;Issues in the News&#8221; program on November 5, 2024, Nandlall explained that the cash grant was not part of an annual commitment, making it unnecessary to enshrine it in legislation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further stated that such a step would be counterproductive, as it would limit the government\u2019s ability to respond flexibly to future financial conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General also highlighted the government&#8217;s history of distributing various types of cash grants without a legal framework. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include grants for farmers and fisherfolk, as well as subsidies for school children, pensioners, and other public services such as water and electricity bills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall emphasized that similar disbursements had been made over the years without the need for legislative backing, questioning why the opposition now insisted on legislating the current cash grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grant, intended to benefit citizens across the country, is currently being processed through an app that is in its testing phase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has clarified that the $100,000 payout is not to be confused with the end-of-year retroactive salary increase for public sector workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of now, the government stands firm in its position, stating that it will not create unnecessary laws that could hamper effective and timely responses to future needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia Janneire | November 6, 2024 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has rejected calls from the opposition to legislate the recently announced $100,000 cash grant&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24583","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\/24583","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=24583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24586,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24583\/revisions\/24586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}