Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

Op­po­si­tion leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les yes­ter­day re­mained mum on whether she will move to dis­ci­pline Ari­ma May­or Bal­li­ram Ma­haraj, fol­low­ing his de­ci­sion to at­tend last Sat­ur­day’s Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) fundrais­er Christ­mas din­ner.

Even as calls in­crease for res­ig­na­tion or re­moval yes­ter­day, Beck­les said, “Well, I mean, you know, he gave his ex­pla­na­tion. At this point in time, that is all I would com­ment on. I wouldn’t say any­thing fur­ther at this time.”