BOTH Minister of Defence Wayne Sturge and MP for Diego Martin North East Colm Imbert offered apologies to the House of Representatives on June 18 after the Government and Opposition raised separate motions of privileges against the two MPs.

In the case of the former finance minister, Imbert apologised for his remarks on June 13 where he insisted that a lawsuit against him was still under appeal and as such was sub judice and should not be publicly discussed by La Brea MP Clyde Elder.

He made a statement of personal explanation after Legal Affairs Minister Saddam Hosein asked Speaker Jagdeo Singh to refer him (Imbert) to the Privileges Committee under standing order 32(2) for deliberately misleading the House. Singh said he was reserving his ruling until a future date. Imbert apologised soon after.