Region Four Chairman Clement Corlette says Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman should be made to recall his ruling lifting the gag-order on Home Minister Clement Rohee and have Parliament amend the standing orders to give effect to its intentions on the matters at hand.
In a press release issued yesterday, Corlette said the move seems to be an attempt to mitigate the constant intrusion of the court into the business of the National Assembly at the behest of the government and by extension the legal arm of the executive.
“As I understand the exercise of Democratic Power or authority, any motion or policy order made at a lawful meeting of a statutory body is enforceable by the management of the given statutory body,” Corlette said. For example, a motion or policy order approved at a statutory meeting or at a special meeting of a Municipal Council,
