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National Assembly
of Guyana. Under Article 51 of
the Constitution of Guyana, the
Parliament of Guyana consists of the
President and the National Assembly.
The National Assembly has 65
elected members using the system
of proportional representation.
Twenty-five members are from the
ten geographical constituencies and
forty members are awarded at the
national level based on block votes
secured, using the LR-Hare Formula
as prescribed by the Elections Laws
(Amendment) Act 15 of 2000 (Sections
11 and 12).
The Eleventh Parliament was
dissolved by a Proclamation issued
by President Brig, David A. Granger,
on 30th December, 2019, and General
and Regional Elections were held on
2nd March, 2020.
Following an attempt to rig the
National and Regional Elections,
fostered by the incumbent
government and overturn by a series
of legal challenges, the Guyana
Elections Commission ordered a
Recount of the election results and
a new government of the People’s
Progressive Party/Civic was formed
under President Mohamed Irfaan
Ali and the Twelfth Parliament was
summoned by Proclamation issued
by President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on
1st September 2020. The present
composition of the Twelfth Parliament
is the Peoples Progressive Party/
Civic has 33 seats, A Partnership For
National Unity/Alliance For Change
(Coalition Party) has 31 seats and A
New and United Guyana, Liberty and
Justice Party and The New Movement
(Coalition Party) has 1 seat. The
President has appointed 3 Technocrat
Ministers and 2 Parliamentary
Secretaries. The Hon. Manzoor Nadir,
M.P., is the Speaker of the National
Assembly, who is also a non-elected
Member. Dr. Asha Kissoon, M.P.,
Member of the New Movement, is
the Deputy Speaker of the National
Assembly.
Mr. Aubrey Norton, leader of the
People’s National Congress was
appointed to be a member of the
National Assembly on 6th April, 2022,
and elected Leader of the Opposition
on 13th April, 2022. Dr. Nicolette Henry
a Member of the APNU/AFC resigned
from the National Assembly on 30th
March, 2022 and Mrs. Volda Lawrence,
former Minister of Health in the APNU/
AFC government, was appointed to be
a member of the National Assembly
on 6th April, 2022.
Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, the
sittings of the National Assembly
are being held at the Arthur Chung
Conference Centre.
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