Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman says that it is not inappropriate for him – the Speaker of the National Assembly in the Tenth Parliament – to return as a Member of Parliament for this session.
“I see nothing inappropriate about it. I certainly am not going to run around and try to second guess the current Speaker or to interfere with his work in any way because I respect the sanctity of the office and respect the independence of the office, so I have no intentions of interfering in the parliamentary functions or the functions of the Speaker,” Trotman told Stabroek News in an interview on Monday.
“I think what would be inappropriate is if I misuse my authority now or try to interfere or try to, in any way, allow the defined line that separates the executive from the legislative branches to be crossed and I have no intentions of even going near the