Mark: PNM Parliament behaviour an assault on democracy
Wade Mark -
Opposition Senator Wade Mark took issue with two incidents in the Parliament earlier this week and accused the government of assaulting democracy through their conduct.
In the first incident Mark stood by his protests on the adjournment of Wednesday s Senate sitting to Monday.
The sitting was expected to deal with the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Miscellaneous Provisions (Special Reserve Police and Police Complaints Authority) Bill, 2020, but Leader of Government Business Clarence Rambharat noted that the Attorney General who was expected to pilot the bills was in the Lower House for a debate which took place at the same time.
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MP Charles wants PCA to prosecute
MP for Naparima Rodney Charles. -
NAPARIMA MP Rodney Charles urged that the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) be allowed to directly laid charges to prosecute an errant police officer they have investigated, but Minister of National Security Stuart Young retorted that prosecutions remain to be decided by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) with the Government having no intention to change this.
The House of Representatives on Friday debated a bill to improve PCA powers, the Miscellaneous Provisions (Special Reserve Police and Police Complaints Authority) Bill 2020.
Charles said the bill did not change the fact that the PCA lacks the power to function effectively. He said the Attorney General himself in 2016 in a news story had lamented that the PCA lacked the powers, privileges and immunities to do its job properly, but works with its hands and feet tied and a gag in its mouth.