The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) last evening accused government of attempting to muzzle its parliamentarians by limiting the time they have to speak and ignoring convention by placing Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo to wrap up the opposition side of the debate before four government ministers.
In a statement, the party accused government Chief Whip Amna Ally of being “desirous of breaching entrenched parliamentary conventions and practices whereby the Leader of the Opposition closes the debate for the opposition benches, immediately before the member of the government closes the debate.”
The statement said that this convention was respected throughout the 23 years of the PPP/C administrations, whereby successive Leaders of the Opposition, the late Desmond Hoyte, Robert Corbin and now President David Granger always spoke immediately before the