Parliament to be dissolved on Monday
DPI Guyana, December 27, 2019
His Excellency President David Granger has issued the proclamations for the dissolution of Parliament and the ten Regional Democratic Councils on Monday, December 30, 2019. This will pave the way for General and Regional Elections on March 2, 2020.
The proclamations were issue today, in a statement by the Ministry of the Presidency.
Article 70 (2) of the Constitution of Guyana states that the President, may at any time, by proclamation dissolve Parliament.
The proclamation for the dissolution of Parliament states, “ In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the aforesaid articles, I do hereby dissolve the Eleventh Parliament of Guyana on the Thirtieth day of December, Two Thousand and Nineteen and appoint the Second day of March, Two Thousand and Twenty, as the day on which the election of members of the National Assembly shall be held, the issue and publication of any other proclamation according to the Constitution in this regard notwithstanding.”