Senior Counsel Ashton Chase yesterday argued that the seats on the parliamentary committees must reflect the proportionality of the polls.
Chase, during the hearing of the Constitutional Motion filed by Attorney General Anil Nandlall to challenge the numerical make up of the committees, said that the government’s proposed proportion was five seats to the PPP, four to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and one to the Alliance For Change (AFC).
However, he submitted to the court the opposition sought four for APNU, one for AFC and four to the PPP/C.
At this point of his argument Chief Justice Ian Chang who is hearing the case, interjected questioning why the figure could not be 9 or 10 or even 20 or 15. Further Justice Chang asked why it
