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The National Assembly is one of the two components of the Parliament of Guyana. Under Article 51 of the Constitution of Guyana, the Parliament of Guyana consists of the president and the National Assembly. [3] The National Assembly has 65 members elected using the system of proportional representation.
The first elected Speaker, Rahman Baccus Gajraj, was not a member of the Legislative Assembly. [2] The second, Aubrey Percival Alleyne , was a member of the House of Assembly, and after election as Speaker, resigned from his role as an elected member and was replaced by the next person on the party's list.
Parliament of Guyana in Georgetown.. Legislative power of Guyana rests in a unicameral National Assembly. In 2001 the makeup of the National Assembly was reformed. Now 25 members are elected via proportional representation from 10 Geographic Constituencies.
Amanza Walton Desir (born 6 December, 1979) is a Guyanese politician and attorney serving as Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana [1] since 2020. She is a central executive member [ 2 ] of the People's National Congress Reform (PNCR) and a member [ 1 ] of the National Assembly.
Charles S. Ramson Jr. is a Guyanese politician and lawyer, [1] who serves as a Member of Parliament and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport in the government led by President Irfaan Ali. Ramson is a member of the People's Progressive Party .
Leader of the Opposition is a constitutionally sanctioned office in Guyana. The Leader of the Opposition is elected among non-governmental members of the National Assembly of Guyana. [1] [2] Usually the person comes from the largest opposition group in the National Assembly. The position was first established in 1966 by the Constitution of Guyana.
NCN is the descendant of two of Guyana's first radio services: Radio Demerara, which was founded in 1951, and British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS), which was founded in December 1958. The former was a British-owned company, and its licence required the station to broadcast BBC material for 21 hours a week, and programmes provided by the ...
The People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is a major political party in Guyana. As of 2020 , the party holds 33 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly and forms the government. It has been the ruling party in the past as well, most recently between 1992 and 2015.