Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland yesterday disallowed a motion by PPP/C MP Irfaan Ali to adjourn the budget deliberations in order to facilitate a debate on the controversial US$18 million ExxonMobil signing bonus.
He rejected the motion on the grounds that the matter was not urgent.
The motion, which was founded on the premise that the money was not deposited into the Consolidated Fund in compliance with the Laws of Guyana, requested that the Speaker direct that the estimates be amended to include the sum.
Scotland made the ruling