Akash Sama­roo

Two days af­ter a con­tro­ver­sy erupt­ed, the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) moved against one of its own, re­mov­ing Sen­a­tor Janelle John-Bates from the Pub­lic Ad­min­is­tra­tion and Ap­pro­pri­a­tions Com­mit­tee (PAAC).

But the par­ty re­mains silent on whether she will re­tain her seat in the Sen­ate, amid al­le­ga­tions she im­prop­er­ly as­sist­ed for­mer health min­is­ter Ter­rence Deyals­ingh by edit­ing his wit­ness state­ment ahead of his ap­pear­ance be­fore the com­mit­tee.