Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran last evening expressed disagreement with the argument that 33 votes cannot be considered a majority in the National Assembly, saying that it cannot stand up to scrutiny.
Ramkarran told the Stabroek News that if one applies the ‘literal’ rule of interpretation, which is one of the rules recognised in law, the conclusion would be that majority means at least one more.
“33 is one more than 32,” he said before adding that it has to be determined what Parliament meant by the use of the word ‘majority.’
