Canada will continue to support Guyana’s developmental agenda – High Commissioner

Canadian High Commissioner, Her Excellency Lilian Chatterjee met with Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall during which she expressed her Government’s willingness to continue to partner with Guyana in pursuing its developmental agenda.

The High Commissioner explained that there are several current projects from which the Legal Affairs Ministry can continue to benefit, including the Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean, Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening in the Caribbean in Guyana and Access to Justice for Indigenous People in Guyana.
These projects, she added, fund and assist in multiple initiatives in the justice sector, including training, acquiring law books and a host of equipment, as well as assistance in the legislative sector.
On the other hand, during the meeting, the Attorney General outlined some of his immediate, as well as long-term plans for the legal sector, including updating of the Guyana law reports, law revision, law reform, promulgation of a series of legislation, reviewing and reforming the electoral statutes, constitutional reform and various other initiatives.
He related that an officer of the Legal Affairs Ministry will be appointed to liaise with the High Commission, as the two agencies continue to collaborate on the various initiatives, which will be pursued.
Meanwhile, on a lighter note, the Attorney General thanked Chatterjee for the role she, her staff and the Canadian Government played in giving their tremendous support to the people of Guyana during the March 2, 2020 National and Regional Elections.
He posited that had it not been for such support from the international community, democracy would not have prevailed and the will of the people would have been stolen by political fraudsters.
On this note, the High Commissioner applauded Nandlall for his hard work during the elections period and congratulated him on his appointment.
In addition, she congratulated the new Government and informed that she was very impressed with the way the Government has been performing thus far.