Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday said the six-week adjournment of the National Assembly could have been avoided if the opposition had chosen to nominate a candidate to be Deputy Speaker.
PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira on Friday told Stabroek News that the opposition was surprised by the government’s decision to adjourn the Assembly until May, since it had given no earlier indication. She also said the delay pointed to the government having an almost non-existent parliamentary agenda.
However, in a statement released yesterday by the Office of the Prime Minister, Nagamootoo, who is also the Leader of Government Business in the House, said that the opposition knew fully well that no sittings would be advised before this week’s local government elections and
