Clerk drafting security protocol for National Assembly

The woman in the Santa outfit, who disrupted a sitting of the National Assembly last month

Following breaches of security during recent sittings of the National Assembly, Clerk Sherlock Isaacs has been mandated to draft and present a security protocol to the Parliamentary Management Committee (PMC) by month end.

Isaacs told Stabroek News that a meeting of the PMC’s three-member security sub-committee on Monday resulted in him being mandated “to prepare protocols in respect of security at [the] Public Buildings.”

Speaker Barton Scotland chairs the security sub-committee, which also comprises a member each from the government and opposition.

Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira, who