Guyana’s 1980 constitution provides for an executive presidency and a unicameral legislature. The legislative National Assembly has 65 members directly elected under proportional representation. There are 40 members at national level and 25 members at regional level.
Geography
Guyana
Recent documents
Targets 2
92% of energy-related GHG emissions eliminated by a new hydroelectric plant by 2017
Energy, Target year: 2017Source: Low Carbon Development StrategyConserve an additional 2 million hectares through Guyana's National Protected Area System, continuing to use its monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system by 2030 against a 2017 baseline
LULUCF, Target year: 2030Source: Framework of the Guyana Green State Development Strategy and Financing MechanismsAbout this geography
Political groups
G77, SIDS, AOSIS
Global climate risk index
World Bank income group
Upper middle income
Share of global emissions
Legislative process
The leader of the majority party in the Assembly becomes the Prime Minister. The President appoints the Cabinet, which is responsible to parliament. Each parliament lasts for five years, as does the Presidency. However the President has a two-term limit. The President retains the power to dissolve parliament, whereas the parliament can only remove the President if he/she has been found to be acting unconstitutionally. Laws are passed by a simple majority in parliament, though certain constitutional changes require a 2/3 majority.