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The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has condemned yesterday’s session in the National Assembly to debate the Visiting Forces Bill and the Status of Visiting Police Forces Bill as a farce.The Bills were tabled successfully in the legislative organ by Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, who expressed surprise at the opposition response to the passage of the Bills. He contended that they were harmonized legislation given that they were already implemented for Cricket World Cup 2007.The main opposition party, however, stated that it was intended for just Cricket World Cup — CWC – and for it to be permanently implemented, there was need for some review.Following a refusal to have the Visiting Forces Bill taken to a Parliamentary Select Committee, where it could be reviewed and amended where necessary, the party condemned the session as a farce.“We are engaging in an exercise of futility…The PNCR is not prepared to take part in farce,” said Deborah Backer.According to Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin, his party had followed Parliamentary procedures through a formal request in the stipulated time, and this was refused.This was in response to statements by Member of Parliament Gail Texeira, who said that the party did not utilise the procedures.Corbin told the House that it was common practice for Bills that posed a problem to be sent to a select committee, so that differing views could be adequately ventilated and amendments made where necessary.“It’s not automatic for Bills to go to select committee….If the shoe was on the other foot, we would have heard the same thing.”The Visiting Forces Bill, which attracted several views from both sides of the House, sets out to put a legal framework to accommodate foreign military forces in Guyana under the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).There was staunch opposition to the fact that the only mention of specific armed forces permitted to operate in Guyana was at the discretion of the Defence Board, unlike the Bill for Police Forces that clearly spelt out which forces could be invited.On this topic, even the Government benches were divided, in that Member of Parliament Anil Nandlall told the House that the fact that there was no specific list was a plus, given that countries of the Caribbean Community were incompetent as it related to fighting crime. Guyana could turn to international countries to request assistance, he added.However, Rohee, who presented the Bill, told the House that, given the genesis of the Bill, namely CARICOM, it was only logical that it was from those states that assistance would be requested.According to Rohee, it was recognized as necessary by the Heads of Government of CARICOM, who had said that the CWC legacy should be implemented.This drew a different reaction from PNCR MP Aubrey Norton, who said that the Heads made no specific mention of the visiting forces legislation.Basil Williams of the PNCR condemned the Bill as barebones, stating that vital details such as what would trigger a request were not in place and, as such, the party could not support the Bill as is.“What hidden purpose is there for visiting forces in Guyana?…The intent is non-existent.”Rohee is however adamant that the legislation, which to date Guyana alone has passed, is aimed at protecting the sovereignty of the Caribbean Community. The member states have to come together and pool their resources to tackle the scourge of crime in the region.Nandlall, in defence of the Bill, said that conventional methods of tackling crime in the region have failed miserably, hence the Meeting of CARICOM Head to strategise on a way forward.He also questioned why the opposition would oppose a Bill seeking international assistance when this very Government is chastised when it does not.AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan supported the Bill but did question why the specific states were not identified in the Bill, as is the case with the Status of Visiting Police Forces Bill.Teixeira told the House that globalisation of crime merited the legislation, and that the legislation set out regulations for visiting forces that may be called upon to assist in Guyana.Norton, one of the Members of Parliament who also appealed for the Bill to be placed in a select committee to be further developed, said that it was good to be first, but it needed to be done the right way.The Visiting Forces Bill and the Status of Visiting Police Officers Bill were laid in Parliament on June 26, and now that is has been passed, when assented to, it will be firmly entrenched in the local laws.According to the explanatory memorandum accompanying the Bills, they were enacted as Sunset Legislation on June 30 last year.“The provisions (within the legislation) have been found to be very useful, and the Thirteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, held at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago last April, also favoured such a measure…“It is, therefore, proposed to reenact the legislation so as to provide an enabling law for the presence, activities,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, privileges and immunities to the members of the forces of designated foreign countries visiting on duty in Guyana, and their dependants on any occasion in the future.The Status of Visiting Police Officers Bill is to provide for the presence, activities, privileges and immunities of members of foreign Police Forces and civilian personnel during their stay.The Bill is expected to be enacted before Carifesta X to enable regional security forces to take part in security arrangements in Guyana.