Reply to "No Confidence vote not likely in October"

APNU’s General Secretary, Joseph Harmon. [iNews' Photo]

[www.inewsguyana.com] – The anticipated meeting of the Parliamentary Management Committee went on as planned today but hopes that a date for the first Sitting of the House being decided upon were dashed.

Shortly after the meeting ended, Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs told iNews that no date has bet set.

It was expected that a date would have been set during the first meeting following the end of the parliamentary recess on October 10.

According to Isaacs, the government and Opposition Chief Whips have been asked to meet at the earliest time to decide on a date for the first sitting.

Meanwhile, Opposition Parliamentarian Joseph Harmon, shortly after exiting the meeting explained that “the matter came up for discussion and we decided that the method for fixing dates for the National Assembly to meet would be for the Whips to meet and arrive at a date.”

According the Harmon, “the Whips have been talking and they will soon decide on a date… as of today we don’t have a date coming out of the meeting.”

Opposition members in Parliament

He explained that the date will need to be convenient for all Parliamentarians to attend; speculating that there will be a sitting before the end of October.

Attending the meeting today were Chairman Raphael Trotman, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Deputy Speaker Basil Williams, Opposition Chief Whip Amna Ally, AFC’s Moses Nagamootoo and of course Joseph Harmon. He said Dr. Rupert Roopnarine was unavoidably absent.

Parliamentarians benefited from almost three months’ vacation since the last sitting before the recess was held on June 18.

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