A motion by government’s Chief Whip Gail Teixeira to limit the statutory sittings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to once a week was successfully passed on Monday, after weeks of back and forth on whether there should be two weekly sittings.
Subsequent to arguments for and against the motion, it was put to a vote and government parliamentarians on the committee used their majority to have the motion passed.
PAC’s Chairman Jermaine Figueira, in speaking with reporters in the corridors of Parliament on Monday, said he was “disappointed” with the decision.