Opposition criticised over poor showing at constitution reform committee meeting

Khemraj Ramjattan

Pointing out that only one member of the APNU+AFC was present when the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Constitutional Reform met last week, government members say that the opposition is not serious about the process.

“The Opposition fails to turn up to the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Constitutional Reform meeting scheduled for today. Throughout (David) Granger’s Chairmanship of the Standing Committee (between)  2011 and 2015 NOTHING happened. Between 2015 to 2020 again very little happened. So when they tell you they want reform, you are allowed to laugh.PS: One member shows up half an hour late,” Priya Manickchand, PPP/C member on the committee wrote in a Facebook post.

Other members of parliament also criticized the opposition.