Despite strong objections from the opposition side of the House, in their rebuttal of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Gail Teixeira’s bid to amend the quorum for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the motion was late last night passed with the government using its majority.
For hours, both sides traded arguments for and against the motion with the opposition contending that the motion tabled by Teixeira is a ploy to stymie the work of the parliamentary committee.
At the conclusion of the arguments, the motion was put to the floor and voted on. Thirty-four members including opposition member of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman, voted for the amendment while 29 members of the coalition opposition voted against it. Two members were absent during the vote.