The current method of appointing the Leader of the Opposition is provided by article 184 of the Constitution. It provides that “the Leader of the Opposition shall be elected by and from among non-governmental members of the National Assembly at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Speaker of the National Assembly, who shall not have the right to vote.” This provision was enacted in 2000 by amending the previously existing provision which provided for the President to appoint as “Minority Leader the elected member who, in his judgment, is best able to command the support of those elected members who do not support the Government.” This provision is the same as in Guyana’s Independence Constitution of 1966 except that the appointment of “Leader of the Opposition” was made by the Governor-General. The amendment of article 184 in 2000 was the result of a recommendation of the Constitution Reform Commission which felt that the appointment of the Leader of the Opposition should not be the business of the President but of the Opposition. The election of the Leader of the Opposition by members of the Opposition took place without controversy within days of the of the convening of the National Assembly after the 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015 and 2020 elections.