APNU and the AFC last evening used their combined parliamentary majority to move the four service commissions towards financial independence.
The Service Commissions motion, which was moved by Shadow Finance Minister and APNU MP Carl Greenidge, was approved without the support of the government, which argued that the process should be directed through constitutional reform.
The motion is intended to allow the Judicial, Public, Teaching and Police service commissions to each draw finances directly from the Consolidated Fund—rather than be maintained as