Police were summoned to Parliament by caller purporting to speak for Clerk – source

A’ Division Commander Marlon Chapman (fourth from right) in discussion with the Clerk Sherlock Isaacs (third from right) and others before the ruckus erupted.

Lawmen who showed up in the Parliament Chambers on Monday following the ruckus around PPP/C Member of Parliament, Juan Edghill were summoned by a caller purporting to be acting on the instruction of the Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs, a well-placed source told Stabroek News.

The source noted that while the police were called to the chambers, they were not there to arrest anyone but to prevent a breach of peace.

Both the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland and the Clerk have denied calling in the police. The summoning of the police and the melee that erupted when they entered Parliament Chambers have spawned discussion over the immunities of MPs and whether the involvement of the law enforcers was judicious and necessary.