(Kaieteur News) – While APNU Member of Parliament and Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) Commissioner Ganesh Mahipaul insists that the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party has not been excluded from the constitutional reform process, Alliance For Change (AFC) Executive David Patterson argues that the party’s direct representation on the Commission is essential if constitutional reform is to secure the parliamentary support required to become law.

The differing positions emerged after Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC announced that the CRC has moved to the public consultation phase, prompting WIN Chief Whip Tabitha Sarabo-Halley to question why her party has no representative on the Commission despite being the parliamentary opposition.

Mahipaul maintained that WIN enjoys meaningful oversight through its representation on the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional Reform, which ultimately examines the Commission’s recommendations before they are tabled in the National Assembly.