The opposition PPP/C on Wednesday once more accused Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland of partisanship, saying that he has continued to belittle its members and has refused to give them a hearing on matters before the House.
“We are extremely disturbed by the Speaker’s… decision-making and reactions to the opposition members. We find it disrespectful and belittling the way he speaks to our MPs, including the Leader of the Opposition and this is not going down well,” opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira told a press conference.
Her comments come in wake of the many confrontations between PPP/C members and the Speaker during the just-concluded budget debate and, more recently, the controversial passage of the
