The Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) has formally launched the public consultation phase of Guyana’s constitutional reform process, even as debate continues over the exclusion of the main parliamentary opposition, We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), from the body responsible for reviewing the country’s supreme law.

In a public notice published on Wednesday, the Commission invited Guyanese at home and abroad to submit written proposals for constitutional reform, marking the start of a nationwide consultation process that will culminate in recommendations to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional Reform for consideration by the National Assembly.

The Commission was established under the Constitution Reform Commission Act of 2022, which specifically identifies the political parties entitled to representation. Those parties are the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), the Liberty and Justice Party, A New and United Guyana, and The New Movement.