A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) parliamentarian James Bond, whose vote against the Amaila Falls Hydro Project was invalidated resulting in the counts being tied, has said that even though there was a tie the bill was in fact defeated and cannot be returned to the National Assembly during this session nor can the exact bill be reintroduced during another session.
While declining to comment on the fact that his being on his feet two Thursdays ago saw the numbers being tied as his vote was ruled null and void, Bond said unlike what PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira said during last week’s session, the bill was no longer viable.
“The rules are simple. The fact is the bill needed a majority to pass, a tied vote does not