Gov’t sidelines AFC push for campaign financing reform

Sheila Holder

The government yesterday used its majority to send a motion by the AFC on campaign financing to a special select committee, after effecting an amendment that MP Sheila Holder said gutted it of its original intent.

The motion, moved by Holder, saw some raucous debate as government speakers defended the record of the administration, following charges of misuse of state resources by opposition parliamentarians. “We are very clear that the misuse of state resources