Georgetown: Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Mohabir Anil Nandlall, S.C, has announced a massive, transformational legislative agenda that the PPP/C Government has set out for 2022.
He made the announcement during his presentation on the final day of the national budget debate, Friday.
Themed, ‘Steadfast against all challenges, resolute in building our One Guyana,’ this year’s budget of $552.9 billion contains a slew of measures to create wealth for all Guyanese and improve their livelihoods. This follows the $383.1 billion national budget in 2021.
“The aggregate budgeted sum of a mammoth $552 billion constitutes, by far, the largest financial injection, ever, in the Guyanese economy. I have said elsewhere, it is like injecting a racehorse with a huge dose of steroid before the race begins.
Without the gigantic spinoff benefits destined to flow therefrom, the mere expenditure of this massive sum will invigorate every corner of this nation with a level of commercial, economic, and social activity never witnessed before,” the Attorney General articulated on Friday.
As part of his year’s legislative agenda, Minister Nandlall outlined the following as the items on the itinerary:
- Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) (Amendment) Bill 2021
- Hire-Purchase Bill
- Pipeline following: Juvenile Justice (Amendment) Bill
- Evidence (Amendment) Bill
- Suicide Prevention Bill
- Border Patrol Bill
- Wills (Amendment) Bill
- Restorative Justice Bill
- Combatting of Trafficking in Persons
- Bail Bill
- Condominium Bill
- Mental Health Services Bill
- Leave with Pay (Amendment) Bill
- Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill
- Anti-Dumping
- Engineers Bill
- Securities Bill
- Wales Development Authority Bill
- Public Service Appellate Tribunal (Amendment) Bill
- National Intelligence and Security Agency Bill
- Representation of the People Bill
- National Registration Bill
- Election Laws Bill
- Surveillance Devices Bill
- Arbitration Bill
- Hemp Bill
- Public Health Bill
- Medical Practitioners Bill
- Nurses and Midwives Bill
- Solid Waste Management Bill
- Foreign Judgments Bill
- Firearms Bill
- Domestic Violence Bill
- Radiation Safety and Protection Bill
- Legislative Amendments to relevant laws to allow for Judge-alone criminal trials
- Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Bill
- Safeguard Measures Bill
- Amendments to the Sexual Offences Act
In his presentation, the Attorney General noted that many of these Bills have already been sent to the respective ministries for the ministers to review.
Additionally, Minister Nandlall said the recently established Law Reform Commission will move into gear in 2022.
“Last week I met with them, and they promised that within a month they will complete their work programme for the year 2022, their first full year in office. I have requested that they meet with certain important stakeholder organisations in our country and to receive recommendations for law reform. The work of this Commission will further augment the government’s legislative agenda,” the Attorney General said.
Friday is the final day of the Budget 2022 debates. Next week, the National Assembly will transition into the Committee of Supply to consider the budget estimates.
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