Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones has maintained that notwithstanding several of his colleagues being slated to speak on what has become the controversial passage of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Bill last year, they were never allowed by House Speaker Manzoor Nadir.
Jones was at the time testifying before High Court Judge Navindra Singh, who is hearing the case brought by the main APNU+AFC opposition which is contending that because of the absence of the authentic mace from the parliamentary chamber and members not being seated during the voting process, the Bill could not be regarded as having been lawfully passed.
Just before the proceedings commenced, attorney Selwyn Pieters—one of Jones’ lawyers—made an application for Justice Singh to recuse himself from hearing the case citing potential bias, which he said would hinder the judge from adjudicating the case fairly.
