“We welcome robust scrutiny. We welcome a formidable challenge. We welcome a competent Opposition. That is not present in this bunch and today was a remarkable demonstration of that.” Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Hon. Mohabir Anil Nandlall expressed this view on the National Communications Network’s programme Insight in relations to the APNU+AFC’s walking out of the 1st sitting of the National Assembly of the 12th Parliament on Tuesday.
In addition to the swearing of the Member of Parliaments (MPs), over $11.2Billion was approved unopposed by the National Assembly as current and capital spending for the 16 Constitutional agencies for 2020. The scrutiny of the agencies’ budgetary allocations was without the input of the Opposition, who had moments before walked out of the proceedings.
AG Nandlall said the APNU+AFC showed its incompetence to represent Guyanese.
“This dishonest bunch, unfortunately, will not be able to represent an Opposition’s interest in my view against our government,” the Minister added.
The AG noted that the APNU+AFC should have stayed in the chambers and pose questions in relation to the budgetary allocations for the constitutional agencies.
“They could have come there and ask for more and demonstrate why these constitutional agencies should get more. Instead, they took their oath of office, full up their forms saying that they are MPs to ensure they get their salaries at the end of the month and they walked out.”
The Minister anticipated the walkout by the Opposition is an indication of the pattern of what to come in the next five years.
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