Guyana

National Assembly

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Administration

Parliamentary and State budget

Legal document(s) specifying parliament’s power over its budget
Constitution
Standing Orders of Parliament
Other

Notes: Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (No. 4 of 2015)

Responsibility for preparing the proposal for the parliamentary budget
Parliament

Notes: The Accounting Officer

Decision-making about the maximum amount of the parliamentary budget
The Executive decides the maximum amount of the budget
Decision-making about the allocation of the parliamentary budget
The Executive can request Parliament to modify the budget allocation
National currency
Guyanese dollar (GYD)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
77.820
(2022)
Parliament’s budget, per year
1,852,411,000 GYD
(2022)
Parliament’s budget, per year in PPP
25,196,015
(2022)
Offices included in the parliamentary budget
Other institutions

Notes: The office of the Leader of the Opposition

State budget, per year
597,633,314,000 GYD
(2022)
Proportion of the State budget devoted to parliament, per year
0.003
(2022)

Parliamentary staff

The parliamentary administration is independent from the government
No
Parliament has control over the recruitment of parliamentary staff
No
There is one or more gender equality policy that applies to the parliamentary administration
No
Links to gender equality policies
No information available
Number of staff employed by the parliament (FTE)
122
(2022)

Secretary General

Authority that selects the Secretary General
Head of State/Government
Chamber/Parliament votes to approve the selection of the Secretary General
No
Length of term of the Secretary General
No fixed term
Previous occupation of the current Secretary General
Parliamentary staff

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No