PNM boycotts Prime Minister’s Questions, calls it a charade

The Par­lia­men­tary Op­po­si­tion has re­fused to par­tic­i­pate in Prime Min­is­ter’s Ques­tions, ac­cus­ing the Gov­ern­ment of turn­ing the par­lia­men­tary ex­er­cise in­to a “shame­ful par­lia­men­tary cha­rade” de­signed to shield Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar from scruti­ny.

In a state­ment yes­ter­day, the Op­po­si­tion said more than 90 per cent of the ques­tions it sub­mit­ted for the Prime Min­is­ter to an­swer had been de­nied.

It al­so ac­cused the Gov­ern­ment of pre­vent­ing the Op­po­si­tion from ask­ing sup­ple­men­tal ques­tions aris­ing from the Prime Min­is­ter’s an­swers and state­ments.