{"id":26362,"date":"2025-02-09T00:11:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26362"},"modified":"2025-02-09T00:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:11:43","slug":"attorney-general-defends-speakers-ban-on-corruption-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/attorney-general-defends-speakers-ban-on-corruption-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Defends Speaker\u2019s Ban on &#8220;Corruption&#8221; in Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon, January 15, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has defended the recent decision by Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, to prohibit the use of the term &#8220;corruption&#8221; in parliamentary debates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall addressed the matter during his \u201cIssues in the News\u201d broadcast on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban has been met with criticism, particularly from the opposition APNU\/AFC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Nandlall emphasized that the practice of limiting certain expressions in parliamentary settings is not unique to Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that it aligns with parliamentary traditions followed by many Commonwealth countries, which inherited their parliamentary systems from Great Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall pointed out that the use of specific expressions and language in Parliament is governed by longstanding rules designed to maintain order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He referenced the book <em>Parliamentary Practice<\/em> by Sir Erskine May, which serves as a guide for parliamentary procedures in Commonwealth nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book outlines the use of Standing Orders, which include lists of prohibited terms and expressions intended to keep debates respectful and civil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General further clarified that the banned terminology list is developed through a consensus process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Parliamentary Management Committee, consisting of five members from both the government and opposition sides, collaboratively prepares and agrees on the list of prohibited expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall reiterated that the aim of these rules is to prevent divisive and inflammatory language, ensuring a conducive environment for constructive dialogue and debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision to ban the use of the term &#8220;corruption&#8221; reflects Guyana&#8217;s commitment to upholding parliamentary decorum in line with established practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon, January 15, 2025 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has defended the recent decision by Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, to prohibit&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26362","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\/26362","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=26362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26363,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26362\/revisions\/26363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}