Opposition Chief Whip, Amna Ally yesterday said she has been unable to ascertain why government Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira is not committing to a sitting of the National Assembly even though dates into the beginning of November have been suggested.
Ally told Stabroek News that “I don’t know why she (Teixeira) is dilly-dallying, we have come out of the recess I don’t understand why the wait…She is not rejecting the dates but she is telling me that the Leader of the Opposition and the President need to make that decision. As far as I know the Parliament Management Committee mandated that the whips agree on a date.”
The first sitting of Parliament following the end of the recess is expected to see an Alliance For Change (AFC) no-confidence motion piloted against the government. The expected passage of this motion will trigger the collapse of the government and general elections in three months. Observers say that the government appears desperate to stave off a sitting until it has exhausted the available options. Sources say that the PPP/C government is trying to work out a deal with opposition coalition APNU which could possibly lead to local government elections instead. An APNU delegation headed by its Leader,
