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Opposition MPs walked out of Parliament on Friday, accusing the Speaker of “biased and prejudicial behaviour” before Government members approved a motion to appoint Deputy Commissioner of Police Junior Benjamin as acting Commissioner.
The dispute came to a head as Couva South MP Barry Padarath was speaking when St Ann’s East MP Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly rose on Standing Order 55(1)(b), objecting to “tedious repetition.”
“We’ve heard these points over, over and over and over again,” she said, but was overruled by Speaker Jagdeo Singh.
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