It is up to the Speaker to upbraid Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira for using indecent language during the no-confidence vote in the House on Friday, Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs said yesterday.
In videos making the rounds on social media, a visibly shocked Figueira, who sat next to Charrandas Persaud on the back benches on the government side of the House, could be heard saying “what the (expletive) you doing?” as Persaud voted ‘yes’ to the Opposition PPP/C’s motion of no-confidence against the government. Just before using the indecent language, he struck Persaud on the hand. Haimraj Rajkumar, who was sitting on Persaud’s other side, hit Persaud twice based on this newspaper’s review of a video of the voting process. Persaud’s ‘yes’ vote ensured the fall of the David Granger-led APNU+AFC government.
The following day, Figueira issued an apology on his Facebook page.
