Carberry slams gov’t ‘abuse’ of parliamentary system

Lance Carberry

PNCR-1G MP Chief Whip Lance Carberry yesterday defended the decision by the parliamentary opposition not to participate in the ninth parliament beyond the recess, saying that the government was abusing the parliamentary system.

Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran last week decried the absence of the parliamentary opposition from the sittings where supplementary provisions were approved. “The absence of the opposition means that the estimates