As a result of the infamous `dildo’ statement made by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall during the sitting of the National Assembly two weeks ago, a motion has been submitted by opposition parliamentarians Catherine Hughes and Nima Flue-Bess to Parliament to refer the minister to the Committee of Privileges and have him expelled from the House.
According to the motion, copy of which was seen by Stabroek News, Dharamlall in response to questions posed by various Members of Parliament, “hurled abusive language to his parliamentary colleagues.” It stated further, that “while being questioned by female Members of Parliament on the opposition side, and during his exchanges while being on the floor of this honourable he blurted out the words ‘you got to get a dildo, that’s what’s you looking for.” The motion also stated the existence of evidence of the minister’s outburst as a review of the closed-circuit video of the proceedings confirmed the utterance of the “offensive” words.