Presidential two-term limit being challenged in High Court

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Shawn Allicock yesterday filed a writ with the High Court, on behalf of Cedric Richardson, which challenges the constitutionality of the presidential two-term limit.Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, have been named as the respondents in the matter.
Nandlall, last evening, in an invited comment, confirmed that he has been named as a respondent, and explained that the application made to the High Court seeks to “interpret certain constitutional provisions” relative to the limit on the presidential terms.

“The applicant is essentially contending that the provision of the Constitution, which imposes a term limit on the presidency, is unconstitutionally. In this instance, one of the contentions is that the procedure and process by which that provision was placed in the Constitution is unlawful and unconstitutional,” he said.
Relative to the latter contention, Nandlall underscored the fact that the amendment that relates to the limit on presidential terms came out of the 1991-2001 constitutional reform process, a move that was unanimously supported by the National Assembly at the time.
“It was unanimously done,” he stressed.
Nandlall added that, on the question of a limit on presidential terms being unconstitutional, the precedent in other countries is not dissimilar from Guyana.
“There are countries that have such a limit in their Constitutions, the United States of America quickly comes to mind,” the Attorney General said.
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