Partnership for National Unity (APNU) lead parliamentarian Dr. Terrence Campbell has challenged legal commentator Kamal Ramkarran’s interpretation of the constitutional requirement governing the appointment of Guyana’s Chancellor and Chief Justice, warning that it could pave the way for an unconstitutional unilateral appointment by President Irfaan Ali.

Campbell made the argument in a letter published Monday, August 17, 2026, by Village Voice News, one day after Ramkarran published a letter in Kiskadee Watch questioning the scope of the Leader of the Opposition’s power to withhold agreement to proposed appointments.

The dispute centres on Article 127(1) of the Constitution, which provides that the Chancellor and Chief Justice “shall each be appointed by the President, acting after obtaining the agreement of the Leader of the Opposition.”