Dear Editor,
The current “parliamentary saga” between the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Finance Minister, and by extension the government and the People’s Progressive Party Civic must remind Guyanese of the “backyardish, retarded, exclusive politics” the PPP/C is committed to.
Let’s not get the issues confused but understand that the basis for the Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, to challenge the PPP/C appointed Speaker, Ralph Ramkarran, is because the Speaker approved a motion brought by PNCR Member of Parliamentarian Mr. Winston Murray. Since the PPP/C runs the government with a “we time mentality“, therefore, it is given that the Speaker must not entertain any motion brought by the opposition, especially if such motion seeks to question the exercise of executive discretion.