Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson has declared that the presiding officers of Parliament will not “bow to any intimidation or threat” from Opposition Leader Mark Golding in deciding when to table an Integrity Commission (IC) investigative report into alleged acts of corruption and irregularities at the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA).

Reading from what appeared to be a prepared text in the Upper House yesterday, Tavares-Finson described as “unprecedented” the threat by the opposition leader to seek a declaration from the courts in relation to the non-tabling of the FLA report which has been held for about seven weeks by the presiding officers.

His remarks were in response to a question from Opposition Senator Lambert Brown who wanted to know if the court had issued an order for Parliament not to table the report.