Jermaine Figueira and Gail Teixeira
Figueira acknowledged that Teixeira and Juan Edghill are busy Ministers but said that continued postponement of PAC meetings for want of a quorum was undesirable.
This is the third consecutive meeting that has been postponed.
Figueira fears that with next Monday being a holiday and the following Monday a sitting of the National Assembly, the work of the PAC will be stalled until after the upcoming Parliamentary recess which ends in October.
“The work of the PAC is handicapped until Parliament comes out of recess… I am disappointed.
“If there are too many ministers who are too busy then put other people,” Figuera posited.
Calls to Teixeira’s phone went unanswered.
Last week she offered reasons for opposing the merger. Teixeira believes that since the period covers two years after the David Granger-led government fell on the passage of the No-Confidence motion and the protracted electoral process, the review should be done independently.
Figueira, however, argues that the merging of reports was done several times in the past even when President Irfaan Ali Chaired the Committee and said it is important now to address the backlog.
Neither of the two sides can say how the matter will be resolved.
