Reporting by AKASH SAMAROO & JANELLE BERNARD
The historical deadlock continues at the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) as the Assembly failed to decide upon a Presiding Officer.
In contention were Ingrid Melville (nominated by the People’s National Movement) and Julien Skeete (nominated by the Progressive Democratic Patriots), both of whom won six votes each from the two political parties elected to the Assembly.
Deputy Political Leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP), Farley Augustine, may have anticipated such an outcome when he spoke with CNC3’s The Morning Brew, earlier today.
He pointed out that where there are no provisions in the THA’s Standing Orders to break a deadlock, the Parliament’s Standing Orders are the next step, should there be an issue in electing a Presiding Officer.