Alexander Puts ‘Co-operative Republic’ Name Change Back on the Table

A decades-old proposal to remove “Co-operative” from Guyana’s official name could return to the national debate as the country embarks on another constitutional reform process — but any attempt to change the name will have to go directly to the people in a referendum.

Constitutional reform advocate Vincent Alexander said last Monday that the proposal to change “Co-operative Republic of Guyana” to “Republic of Guyana” remains among the recommendations emerging from the major constitutional reform exercise of the late 1990s.

Speaking on Dr David Hinds’ Politics 101 programme, Alexander said the recommendation was never implemented because it fell into the category of constitutional changes requiring a referendum.