The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday complained that Speaker Barton Scotland denied its request for an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly, which it suggested is part of a plot to “muzzle” the opposition.
“The Speaker has ruled that the opposition lacks the locus standi to make to the Speaker such a request contained in the [the PPP/C’s]) communication… even if the request was in order, the Speaker believes that the public engaged will suffer no prejudice by the postponement of the sitting,” Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira told a press conference yesterday.
The National Assembly had been scheduled to be convened yesterday but government successfully sought a