Backer expected to release statement on condition

Deputy Speaker and APNU MP Deborah Backer is expected to release a statement shortly addressing her condition and possibly her future role as a parliamentarian.

After falling ill, Backer has missed several sittings of the National Assembly since early December last year. APNU has said that it has not taken a decision to replace Backer as one of its Members of Parliament.

APNU leader David Granger, when  asked last Friday about Backer’s participation at the next sitting of the National Assembly,