QUESTIONS over the ethics committee’s handling of the exemption controversy involving Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Central Dennis Gordon continued on Wednesday after committee chair Marlene Malahoo Forte disclosed that neither she nor the committee clerk received a legal opinion supporting arguments that the committee lacks jurisdiction to recall Gordon.

Members also continued to engage in an increasingly complex debate over whether the committee had overstepped its authority by attempting to summon Gordon after the House of Representatives had already approved its recommendation on his exemption application.

During Wednesday’s sitting, Malahoo Forte disclosed that despite repeated references to the opinions during discussions over jurisdiction, neither she nor the committee clerk had formally received them.