PM on Mark’s casting vote: ‘I was on the edge of my seat’

Akash Sama­roo

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she was on the edge of her seat wait­ing to see how Sen­ate Pres­i­dent Wade Mark would break an­oth­er 15-15 dead­lock in the Up­per House, but says she is not con­cerned about the pos­si­bil­i­ty of fu­ture Gov­ern­ment leg­is­la­tion be­ing de­feat­ed.

Mark again used his cast­ing vote on Mon­day night, this time to se­cure pas­sage of the Pub­lic Pro­cure­ment and Dis­pos­al of Pub­lic Prop­er­ty (Amend­ment) Bill af­ter all 15 Gov­ern­ment Sen­a­tors sup­port­ed the leg­is­la­tion while the six Op­po­si­tion and nine In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tors vot­ed against it.