Up to press time last evening, the parliamentary opposition PPP/C was still awaiting a response by Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland to a formal complaint by Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira that the continued attendance in the National Assembly by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is currently performing the functions of president, is in breach of the constitution
“The Prime Minister is squatting in this House if he is acting as president,” Teixeira later told reporters before noting that the PPP/C is prepared to take the matter to court if necessary. The delivery of the letter resulted in the day’s consideration of the estimates for the various government agencies, starting almost one hour late.
Scotland informed the House of Teixeira’s letter to him minutes after the sitting began, while noting that it raised a number of issues of “major importance to the House as a whole.”
