Finance Minister could face contempt proceedings in House over NICIL motion

Khemraj Ramjattan

AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan says that Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh could be faced with contempt proceedings in the National Assembly for failing to fully report on the sale of national assets by the holding company, National Indus-trial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).

An opposition motion, calling for the government to present a report on NICIL, was passed and Ramjattan said that while the motion made it quite clear that they want to see the documents and accounts provided to parliament, they have heard that the government is not going to abide by this.

“We feel that is bad governance to the hilt. It is wrong what they are doing there. Our motions in Parliament once approved by a majority must be adhered to. That is parliamentary procedure,” he said at the