Guyana · Constitution
Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
In force since 1980 and substantially reformed between 2000 and 2003 following the constitutional reform process. It provides for an executive President who is the leader of the list winning most votes, a unicameral National Assembly, an entrenched bill of rights, and five constitutional rights commissions. Amendment of entrenched provisions requires a two-thirds Assembly majority and in some cases a referendum.
The constitutional text
In force since 1980 and substantially reformed between 2000 and 2003 following the constitutional reform process. It provides for an executive President who is the leader of the list winning most votes, a unicameral National Assembly, an entrenched bill of rights, and five constitutional rights commissions. Amendment of entrenched provisions requires a two-thirds Assembly majority and in some cases a referendum.
Separation of powers
Unitary, with ten regions run by elected Regional Democratic Councils and a Local Government Commission. Indigenous Amerindian communities hold titled village lands under the Amerindian Act 2006 with village councils exercising defined local authority.
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