…says Parliament has no authority to remove a Minister ?“eople were suggesting that the protest was Peaceful…let us leave that to the Commission of Inquiry,” – Robeson BennBy Gary EleazarThere is nothing in the Guyana Constitution that permits its Parliament to remove an appointment Cabinet Minister.This point was made by Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Anil Nandlall as he opened the Government arguments on Wednesday evening to the no confidence motion raised against Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee.This notion was re-enforced yesterday by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon, who in updating media operatives yesterday, said that only a no confidence motion against the entire Government is catered for in the Constitution.Wednesday’s Parliamentary proceedings got off to a rocky start as its Government Members of Parliament were greeted by a crowd of placard-bearing, chanting protesters, attired in black, who were in solidarity with the people of Linden, and made no bones about their position of having Rohee removed as Minister.Attorney General Anil Nandlall makes his presentationInside of the National Assembly it was no different as the Combined Opposition navigated the Parliamentary rules to have the motion debated as a matter of “urgent public business” on the very day.This was vehemently objected to by the Government, primarily through its Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira and Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, who protested the move to have the motion debated and voted on the very day.Speaker of the House, Raphael Trotman suspended the sitting of the House to consider the arguments and make a ruling.No Suspension, Rohee must GoWord of the hiatus was met with the protesters chanting in the environs of the Parliament Building, “No Suspension, Rohee must go.”The House was eventually convened when Speaker of the House Trotman ruled that the motion could be proceeded with and to this, Government lined up every single member to speak on the motion.By time the allotted hours for Wednesday’s session had expired, only a few of the Government’s speakers had completed.As such, the debate was pushed back to Monday,Wholesale China NFL Jerseys, July 30, at which point it is expected that it will be voted on.Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Brigadier (ret.) David Granger, who piloted the motion, told the House that Guyana is paying attention to every word of the debate.“Guyana is learning how seriously we deal with the matters of death, law enforcement and shootings,” Granger asserted.The Opposition Leader told the House that the Minister by his own admission concedes that there are other measures that could have been applied to disperse a crowd and asked, “Why were they not applied….somebody must be responsible for making the decision.”Granger was adamant that the move against Rohee has nothing to do with Government or Opposition, but rather about humanity. “This motion is not rhetoric, it is about dead people.”No Confidence against GrangerNandlall, who vehemently defended the Minister during his opening arguments to the motion, indicated that the Opposition could “talk from now until thy kingdom come” but the end result will be the same.The Attorney General further argued that the only Member of Parliament for which the constituent allows for removal by way of a no confidence motion is the Leader of the Opposition, who in this case, is Granger.Nandlall was dared by way of heckling to bring a no confidence motion against Granger.The retired Brigadier in making a case for Rohee to be removed as Minister told the House that the People of Guyana “want a minister who will heal the wounds of Linden…who will pursue serious reform”The scene outside of Parliament Building as MPs prepared to debate a no confidence motion brought against Home Affairs Minister Clement RoheeGranger said that the Combined Opposition does not currently enjoy the confidence of the Minister to competently remain at the helm of the Home Affairs Ministry and as such declared, “we want the minister to go.”Nandlall in the Minister’s defence, boldly declared that Rohee cannot be removed simply because the House does not enjoy his confidence, and he further charged that there is nothing in law that will compel the Government to adhere to the motion.He spelled out the only provisions that would allow for the dismissal of the Minister which ultimately rests with the PresidentThe Attorney General was adamant that “What transpired in Linden is a tragedy beyond dispute and he pointed to the Government’s immediate response which included a public statement.”Nandlall also spoke to the Commission of Inquiry that has been committed to by the government, and calls the motion pre-emptive given that culpability has not been established as yet.“If we are truly concerned and not influenced by agendas outside of the Linden tragedy, then we must not make utterances in the House which