Newly appointed Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, has committed to begin work immediately to ensure that the legislative agenda of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP/C) Government is fast-tracked.
Nandlall, who was one of the first Ministers to be appointed by President Irfaan Ali just after he was sworn in on Sunday evening, said that the government will work towards an “active legislative agenda” as there are many important pieces of legislation that have to be passed in this era, especially considering the fact that Guyana is now entering into a new economic vista as an oil producing nation.
“On the last occasion when I functioned as Attorney General it was in a very difficult political circumstance because we were in a minority government and it was extraordinarily difficult to get legislation passed and even budgets passed in the Parliament,” Nandlall explained.
“I do not have that debilitating factor now, I have greater independence and I have a greater opportunity to function in that office,” he noted.
Nandlall added that over the last five years, the (APNU/AFC) Government “did not really have a legislative agenda…and that’s quite unfortunate.”
“I am relieved that this torturous, agonizing journey has come to an end. It has tested the resolve of the Guyanese people that we are a mature people, that we can withstand temptations, that we can exercise patience at the appropriate time and we can temper our emotions. These are the hallmarks of a civilized society,” Nandlall noted.
He added: “There were forces that struck at the very heart or foundation of our constitutional democracy and the fabric of our society itself. But mature judgment on the part of the Guyanese population has shown that we can withstand these atrocities that were leveled at us as a people and as a nation”.
“I intend to play my part in that endeavor, every Guyanese will be treated fairly and there is an equal place on the developmental agenda for all Guyanese to participate and benefit,” he stressed.
“I asked the pubic to hold me to that commitment and to hold us to that commitment.”
The Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana congratulates His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali on his ascension to the highest office in our country; we offer our unequivocal support to Dr. Ali and his Government to ensure Guyana moves forward and fully realise its potential.
