Akash Sama­roo

As she pre­pares to de­fend her con­duct be­fore her po­lit­i­cal leader this week, em­bat­tled Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Sen­a­tor Janelle John-Bates says she will ac­cept her fate, what­ev­er it may be.

The sen­a­tor broke her si­lence af­ter she was re­moved from the Pub­lic Ad­min­is­tra­tion and Ap­pro­pri­a­tions Com­mit­tee (PAAC) fol­low­ing al­le­ga­tions that she com­pro­mised the com­mit­tee’s in­tegri­ty by us­ing “Track Changes” to ed­it a wit­ness state­ment for for­mer Health Min­is­ter Ter­rence Deyals­ingh be­fore his sched­uled ap­pear­ance.