With the ambitious hydro project hanging by a thin thread, Prime Minister Sam Hinds yesterday wrote Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman advising that the government would seek to reintroduce two of the Amaila measures that the opposition had voted against last month.
Restoring the defeated and “lost” measures via the suspension of a series of standing orders would be most unusual parliamentary practice but last evening Trotman signalled that he is prepared to rule in favour to permit a full debate on this key project.
The majority Opposition defeated a crucial loans guarantee motion and thwarted a bill on an Amaila reserve area at a session of the House two weeks ago. A furious national row has since erupted as
