Gov’t, opposition find common ground on traffic ticketing, vehicle licensing reforms

The National Assembly yesterday passed two bills to reform the traffic ticketing and motor vehicle licence renewal processes.

The Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) (Amendment) Bill 2012 and the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2012, both tabled by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, were passed with the support of the parliamentary opposition APNU and AFC.

Speaking on the former, which is intended to strengthen the law to ensure the state receives revenues from ticketing, Rohee told the National Assembly that the state was losing a significant amount of