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Caribbean & Central America - December 2014 (ISSN 1741-4458)
Turmoil in Guyana
Guyana has been in political turmoil since the decision on 10 November by President Ronald Ramotar to prorogue parliament in order to head off a no-confidence motion in his People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government tabled by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). The government would have lost the vote thanks to APNU’s one-seat majority in the National Assembly, and that would have forced an election, which is not otherwise due until November 2016. The constitution allows the president to suspend (prorogue) parliament for up to six months, and Ramotar has decided that this is a better option than dissolving parliament and calling elections within three months.
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