Walking Away

August 2007 | Risk Summary

The government has passed the controversial High Court (Amendement) Bill, which gives the chancellor supervisory power over the chief justice as well as give directions of a general or specific nature regarding the distribution of business in the high court. While President Bharrat Jagdeo has been at pains to portray the amendment as a minor, administrative measure, fierce debate in parliament ended with a walk out by the opposition People's National Congress Reform - One Guyana (PNCR-1G) as the bill was passed. It is too early to say whether the new bill will increase politicisation of the judiciary, though the

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