While calling the government’s legislative agenda “thin,” Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira is convinced that the absence of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who recently underwent a cardiac bypass surgery, will see a holdup of parliamentary sittings.
“They can’t risk Parliament with anybody missing,” Teixeira told Stabroek News on Monday, while noting that government appears to only use the National Assembly for the “hasty passage” of bills.
Government holds a one-seat majority in the National Assembly. The absence of any voting member would put its legislative agenda in jeopardy if there is straight voting along government-opposition lines as there tends to be.
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