Georgetown : The Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling all Guyanese to take a stand and demand their Constitutional Rights. Among these are; the right to an Ombudsman, the right to a Human Right Commission, the Right to a Public Appellate Tribunal, the right to a Public Procurement Commission and, there are others.
“For too long Guyanese have been denied these rights as a result of the Government not taking the necessary steps to have these offices filled.We recognise that filling these offices calls for consultations between the President and the Leader of the Opposition and we call on the holder of these two offices to ‘get on with the job’” the party says.
The AFC claims that leaving these critical offices vacant could be viewed as a betrayal of democracy and of the oath of elected officials to honour and uphold the Constitution and in addition, it does not harbour well for the promotion and preservation of law when our Constitution, the supreme law of our land, is being subverted by way of non-compliance or disregard for sections of that document.
Recently there was a huge cry over the continued operation of the Ethnic Relations Commission, though all the nominated Commissioners would have served their full term in office. The AFC demands that the same fervour be placed on filling the offices of the other Commissions, Tribunal and Office of the Ombudsman. They are as equally important as the ERC.
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