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The Cummingsburg Accord which brought A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) together to contest the 2015 General Elections,Arjen Robben Jersey, has become a true working partnership, insists Prime Minister andPM Moses Nagamootoofirst Vice President, Moses Nagamootoo.Speaking with the Government Information Agency (GINA), Nagamootoo said that there is extensive sharing of government responsibilities.“We have gone beyond the scope of the Cummingsburg Accord… Major responsibilities have now been thrust to me as Prime Minister. I consult very regularly with subject Ministers on their area of competence. I do not interfere, but if they need my help and guidance, I am always available to speak with them. We are all colleagues; we are partners and we are in this together,Gianluigi Donnarumma Jersey,” the PM told GINA.Nagamootoo said that the members of the APNU and AFC bring a wealth of experience to craft developmental policies and initiatives for Guyana’s advancement.“The President has also entrusted in me the Chairmanship of another Cabinet sub-committee that deals with the green economy, the conceptualisation and development of a national development plan that has a futuristic focus, a 2030 focus, and though I am not an economist, I believe that the President’s confidence in me, stems from the fact, that he knows I am a long standing political player.”The Cummingsburg Accord signaled an historic and watershed political development in Guyana. Nagamootoo reiterated the government’s commitment of working closely through a more consultative process with the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), in ensuring that the Eleventh Parliament is productive.He said that the 11th Parliament is now managed by a Parliamentary Management Committee chaired by Speaker of the House, Dr. Barton Scotland.It includes an equal number of members from both Government and Opposition. This approach, he said, is the path the coalition Government intends to pursue to achieve its parliamentary objectives.”As Leader of the government business, my role is to ensure that government presents its parliamentary agenda in a way that allows consultation…those campaign promises that we have made that we will do x, y and z will require that the law be changed, or new laws be introduced. That’s the role of the Leader of the government business in the House,Nacer Chadli Jersey UK, and to work with the Speaker and the Leader of the Opposition,Daley Blind Manchester United Jersey,” the Prime Minister reaffirmed.The government has proposed to re-table a number of legislations that were not assented to in the previous parliament. This, the Prime Minister stated, is being done in the national interest.“I give credit to the Attorney General for having gone back into the archives and bringing out all those pieces of legislation that were tabled before by the then Government…Our approach is not to throw out the window anything that might have been associated with the former government, but to treat them on their merit and incorporate those that are positive, and to put on the side,Oscar Brazil Jersey, on the waiting list those that we think could have further consultations,Lucas Biglia Jersey, and we could develop them together as parliamentary partners.”Nagamootoo said that the coalition government’s vision for the Parliament is one which there will be no confrontation, less expression of animosity and hatred and one where all the Members of Parliament,Mark Bloom Jersey, on both sides work in harmony for the greater good of Guyana, and its peoples. |
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