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Of Consultation

(Amendment) Act.

In budget 2023, the Ethnic Relations Commission as a constitutional agency was allocated $137.3 million. At the time, Finance Minister Singh had spoken about the functioning of these constitutional agencies, such as the Audit Office of Guyana and GECOM. But he had also assured that work is ongoing to get other commissions functional, such as the ERC and the Women and Gender Equality Commission.

When it comes to the cultural and ethnic organisations, Ashton Simon (Indigenous group), Deon Dick aka “Ras Khafra” (African group), and Neaz Subhan (Indian group) were also nominated to join the ERC.

“Thereafter, members considered and adopted the committee’s seventh report and motion on the appointment of mem-