By Samuel Sukhnandan
The coalition Government is blatantly violating Guyana’s Constitution in many respects, former Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall has said.
Nandlall claimed that these violations were widespread and covered a wide menu of issues which needed to be brought to light, so that people could understand the issues. 
The former Minister under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administration pointed to several recent examples, including the fact that monies that ought to have been deposited into the Consolidated Fund were not deposited.
Nandlall was referring to Government’s refusal to ensure that monies obtained through the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) are transferred into the Consolidated Fund.
Government had argued that NICIL was under no duty to do so and Article 216 of the Constitution did not apply to it, since it spoke specifically to revenues raised by the State only.

In highlighting another issue, Nandlall told Guyana Times on Monday that many governmental agencies, Ministers and State agencies were showing a complete and utter disregard for private property.
“So, you have the President himself unlawfully revoking and deeming unlawful, null and void, dozens of leases for rice farmers,” he alleged, noting that this too was a violation of the Constitution.
The PPP/C Member of Parliament said that the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) was confiscating core homes given to citizens who held transports and certificate of titles for these properties.
