The Opposition yesterday defeated the Government on a vote to determine the composition of the key Committee of Selection as the new dispensation in Parliament manifested itself. The committee will comprise nine members: four from government and five from the combined opposition.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman ruled as carried a motion to amend a proposal by Prime Minister Sam Hinds on the composition of the Committee of Selection, after the Opposition outvoted the Government 33 – 31. This was the first order of business after the ceremonial opening of Parliament.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds proposed that there be a ten-member Committee of Selection with five members for the …..