Beckles questions Govt’s rush on major legislation

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has ac­cused the Gov­ern­ment of ar­ro­gance, claim­ing it is push­ing through ma­jor leg­is­la­tion with­out giv­ing the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) and key stake­hold­ers ad­e­quate time for con­sul­ta­tion.

Speak­ing at a po­lit­i­cal meet­ing at the Mt Hope/Mt Lam­bert Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre on Thurs­day, Beck­les crit­i­cised Gov­ern­ment’s han­dling of leg­is­la­tion re­lat­ing to al­co­hol, to­bac­co, cannabis use and gam­bling, as well as the Pro­cure­ment Bill and the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Bill.

She said the PNM was giv­en less than 48 hours to re­view the lat­est leg­is­la­tion, which was re­ceived on Mon­day night ahead of Wednes­day’s par­lia­men­tary sit­ting.