Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira called “inaccurate” a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) funded study done by two consultants on the committees system of the National Assembly, which found that Parliament lacks independence and that there is a lack of political will to address it.
However, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Carl Greenidge supports the findings of the study, saying that government insists on behaving as though it has the majority when it does not and the executive must leave the National Assembly to function as the constitution envisages.
The study, released in April to the Speaker of the National Assembly said that despite reforms, the National Assembly
