No-confidence motion valid; President, Cabinet should resign; Attorney General applies for stay
Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire (photo at left) on Thursday January 31, 2019, ruled that the no-confidence motion was validly passed.
“The ruling of the Speaker that the no-confidence debated in the National Assembly on December 21st, 2018 was carried by a vote of a majority of all of the elected members of the National Assembly is thus lawful and valid, being in accordance with the requirements” of Guyana’s Constitution, she said.
In that regard, she said the President and Cabinet would have to resign and pave the way for elections within 90 days. Continue reading
U.S. -Forget Border Wall – Knock down the wealth inequality wall instead – By Mohamed Hamaludin
President Donald Trump talks about building a wall but one already exists: the wall between the rich and the poor.
Fourteen Americans own nearly $1 trillion. Jeff Bezos of Amazon, $160 billion; Bill Gates, Microsoft, $97 billion; and Warren Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway, $88.3 billion, head the list. Others include Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, $61 billion; Larry Ellison, Oracle, $58.4 billion; Larry Page, Alphabet, $53.8 billion.
Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries are worth $53.5 billion each; Sergey Brin, Google, $52.4 billion; three Walton family members of Walmart, $135 billion: Jim Walton, $45.2 billion, Rob Walton and Alice Walton, $44.9 billion each; and Steve Balmer, Microsoft, $42.3 billion. Continue reading →
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