Leader of the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) and the party’s lone Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir, is calling for the full functioning of Guyana’s Parliament, saying the government’s commitment to parliamentarism should be measured not by its international rhetoric but by its willingness to uphold accountability at home.

In a statement marking International Day of Parliamentarism, Walton-Desir said this year’s observance, themed by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) around putting human rights “back on the frontline,” serves as a reminder that Parliament is “the voice of the people and the guardian of justice and accountability.”

“Parliament is not where politicians exercise power. It is where the people exercise power through their elected representatives,” she stated.