Parliament Office has informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that the Clerk of the Committee is unable to continue in the post due to high levels of stress and no one wants to take up the position due to the “unprofessional conduct” of its members.
The state of affairs, which was communicated to the PAC members by Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs on Thursday, has already resulted in the postponement of meetings that were scheduled for Friday and next Monday. The development also comes amidst a row over a recent decision by the PAC to meet twice a week to clear their backlog of work.
PAC Chairman Jermaine Figueira yesterday reacted with shock and bafflement at Isaacs’ notification, while stressing that he did not believe there had been any unprofessional conduct by members of the committee.
