Days after the National Assembly voted to adopt the Committee of Privileges’ recommendation to suspend eight Opposition MPs over a tumultuous bid on December 29 last year to stop the passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) bill, the suspended MPs are yet to be formally notified of the action.
On Thursday last, the House voted to suspend Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones, Ganesh Mahipaul, Sherod Duncan and Natasha Singh-Lewis for four consecutive sittings and Annette Ferguson, Vinceroy Jordan, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley and Maureen Philadelphia for six consecutive sittings.
The suspensions stem from a motion moved by Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira to refer the eight MPs to the Committee of Privileges.
