The Hague, Feb 7 (EFE).- LEBANESE JUDGE Nawaf Salam was elected PRESIDENT of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and UGANDA’s Julia Sebutinde as the VICE PRESIDENT.
LEBANESE Judge Nawaf Salam was ELECTED BY HIS PEERS to be the NEW PRESIDENT of the INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, where he will be expected to serve a TERM of 3 YEARS, according to a press release published by the Hague on Tuesday., February 7. Judge Salam had been a member of the court since February 2018 and had previously been employed as an Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations from 2007 until 2017.
The President and Vice-President are elected by the Members of the Court every three years by secret ballot. The election is held on the date on which Members of the Court elected at a triennial election begin their terms of office or shortly thereafter. An absolute majority is required and there are no conditions of nationality. The President and Vice-President may be re-elected.
The President presides at all meetings of the Court; he/she directs its work and supervises its administration, with the assistance of a Budgetary and Administrative Committee and various other committees, all composed of Members of the Court. During judicial deliberations, the President has a casting vote in the event of votes being equally tied.
PHOTO: ICJ NEW PRESIDENT: Lebanese Judge NAWAF SALAM
https://www.icj-cij.org/presidency
BLESSED, Chinese New Year of the DRAGON for LUNAR NEW YEAR
Congratulations to ALL Chinese Globally and FRIENDS on this AUSPICIOUS on NEW YEAR day February 10th. Chinese New Year Greetings – Kung Hei Fat Choi (gōng xǐ fā cái) : Congratulations and Best Wishes for a prosperous New Year! Happy New Year!
Gong Xi Fa Cai is Mandarin while Kung Hei Fat Choi is Cantonese. Happy Chinese New Year. Cantonese is to say “san nin faai lok” and in Mandarin Chinese, “‘xīn nián kuài lè.” 新年快乐 Xīnnián kuàilè
The Dragon is a benevolent divine being and a symbol of harmony, strength, prosperity, success, and immortality. The Chinese emperors were considered descendants of the Dragons and were the only ones permitted to wear clothing bearing their likeness.
Chinese Horoscope 2024 predicts a prosperous year for the dragon, representing authority, prosperity, and good fortune.
PHOTO: KUWAIT Ambassadors CHINA and GUYANA, with WIVES, in Brotherly and Sisterly Friendships.
BOOK on “PARLIAMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA, by Raphael Trotman, 2nd. Edition, Book Review
PHOTO: “PARLIAMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA, Raphael Trotman, SECOND Edition.”
This is a FIRST IN CLASS BOOK. There is no other publication that has all the information about Guyana’s parliamentary system. 342 Pages: SOFT COVER Book is available at Austin’s Bookstore, Church Street, Georgetown, GUYANA , Price is GY $9,375. “KINDLE eBook from Amazon USD $9.99.”
BOOK REVIEW by Professor Dr. Shamir Andrew Ally
“PARLIAMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA, Raphael Trotman, SECOND Edition.”
The 342 pages Book in Fourteen Chapters by Raphael Gregory Conwright Trotman, Esq. MP, LLB, LEC, MA. Guyanese Lawyer, Politician, Member of Parliament 1998-2022; 10th. Speaker of Parliament of the National Assembly 2012-2015; and later served, both as Minister of Governance, and Minister of Natural Resources 2015-2020.
Hon. Raphael G.C. Trotman Esq., was educated at the University of the West Indies, Barbados; the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad & Tobago; and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts ,USA. He holds several post-graduate certificates from Harvard and Oxford Universities, and the William Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies in Washington, DC, USA.
This Book is an excellent documentation of events, challenging situations and the persons involved towards Guyana’s Parliamentary accomplishments and missed opportunities, in the evolution of parliamentary democracy in Guyana.
Guyana’s current Parliament is with political parties’ rivalries, which have sunk to exceptionally low levels of disrespect, across the isles. Readers of this book will learn that disagreements in the past, did not lead to disparagement of people.
I know from three firsthand experiences with Guyana’s outstanding past under the Distinguished Speakerships, of Sir Donald Edward Jackson (1957-1961) (my mentor); Rahman Bacchus Gajraj, CBE, JP. (1961-1964 & 1968-1971) ( my first Boss and mentor); and Sase Narain Esq. OR, SC, CMG. JP. (1971-1992). Parliamentary Democracy permits the Head of Government together with the Speaker, to set respectful tones for debates and disagreements with evidence towards the best outcomes for Guyana, as all Members of Parliament discharge their Oaths.
Author’s 3 QUOTES in the Book which sums up the KEY takeaways, the 3 Ms, Magic, Mystery, and Mishaps, “ Long ago, I discovered something interesting, which is that democracy, like love, is a many splendored thing – full of magic, mystery, and mishaps: but also, altogether exciting, and indefinable. Who is to say that one country’s democracy is any better than that of another country? The prize, I believe, goes to those nations that continually strive to grow, improve, and adapt to political change.”
QUOTE: “ The book goes on to trace the epoch-making developments that the nation’s democracy has endured beginning with its colonial past and continuing through to the grant of independence and following on with the attainment of republican status, the failed experiment of “co-operative socialism”, the return of the People’s Progressive Party to office in 1992, the trauma of the 1997 and 2001 elections, and resulting attempts at inclusivity, and finally, the adjustment to the vagaries and complexities of a minority government scenario.”
QUOTE: “ In all these various periods of change, brave, conscientious, and patriotic men and women have shouldered the responsibility of nation-building and ensuring social cohesion – all within a parliamentary framework. In all these various periods of change, brave, conscientious, and patriotic men and women have shouldered the responsibility of nation-building and ensuring social cohesion – all within a parliamentary framework.”
The FOURTEEN Chapters are on the following:
Chapter One The Parliament Building
Chapter Two THE PRE-INDEPENDENCE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES
Chapter Three EPOCH-MAKING EVENTS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF PARLIAMENT
Chapter Four POLITICAL AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
Chapter Five THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Chapter Six THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT
Chapter Seven THE ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
Chapter Eight MAKING LAWS
Chapter Nine OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT’S PROGRAMMES & POLICIES:- COMMITTEES, MOTIONS, QUESTIONS AND PETITIONS
Chapter Ten BUDGETARY APPROVAL AND OVERSIGHT
Chapter Eleven NO CONFIDENCE MOTIONS
Chapter Twelve CITIZENSHIP AND RECALL Chapter Twelve CITIZENSHIP AND RECALL
Chapter Thirteen WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT
Chapter Fourteen SOME MEMORABLE MEMBERS + 1
OVERALL
This book will be an especially important ADDITION to the Body of Knowledge on Guyana’s Parliament, its operations, achievements, and outcomes, which will enable future accomplishments.
My Grading style is A, B, C, D or F, and for this book it is A +, with my highest recommendation for a hardcover, softcover, or eBook, edition.
By Professor Dr. Shamir Andrew Ally
North Carolina, USA.
UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for PALESTINE REFUGEES
Currently a 78 % LOSS, due to COLLECTIVE PUNSHIMENT by several DEMOCRATIC NATIONS. It is IMMORAL and IRRESPONSIBLE. GUYANA Government in media reports, PLEDGED USD $150, 000. To UNRWA, and Individuals approximately USD $10,000.
Nicaragua FILED A LAWSUIT against Germany, Canada, the UK, and the Netherlands to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for their arms aid to the Israeli regime, enabling it to carry out a genocide against the people of Gaza.
GUYANA MOTTO
In October of 1958, at the opening of History and Culture Week, Minister Brindley Horatio Benn, CCH, is quoted in the Guyana Graphic as declaring: “British Guiana can make a unique contribution to history only if we weld ourselves into “One People, One Nation, One Destiny.”
Onward & Upward towards, One People, One Nation, One Destiny.
