The conduct of some members of the National Assembly was on Wednesday called into question by Speaker Barton Scotland even as opposition MP Juan Edghill was sent to the Privileges Committee for a statement he made last year and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman and Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira called for each other to be sent to the said committee.
It was a testy atmosphere when the 11th Parliament met after an eight-week break and the first order of the day was the Speaker declaring that a number of complaints were made to him in writing as it relates to breaches of privilege.
He said that the office of the Speaker of the National Assembly should be