Although he was slated to present three Bills, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee was noticeably absent for the first half of yesterday’s parliamentary sitting where Deputy Speaker Debra Backer made her position clear that she will not be entertaining any readings from him.
“…I am merely carrying out what I understand to be the decision of the majority of the House”, said Backer, who was at the time filling in for Speaker Raphael Trotman, who was absent due to out of town Parliamentary commitments.
Trotman was back in the House at the resumption of the second session while Rohee arrived sometime after that.
Rohee was down on the Supplementary Order Paper to present and deliver the first readings for the Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2013 and the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2013. He was also scheduled to introduce the Firearms (Amendment) Bill 2012.
These came up about ten minutes into yesterday’s sitting.
Backer in making reference to the two bills
