Former House speaker Nizam Mohammed:

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

For­mer House speak­er Nizam Mo­hammed says for­mer House speak­er Bridgid An­nisette-George’s use of her cast­ing vote in 2017 is not com­pa­ra­ble to Sen­ate Pres­i­dent Wade Mark’s tie-break­ing vote last Thurs­day that en­abled pas­sage of the Gov­ern­ment’s Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Bill.

Ac­cord­ing to Mo­hammed, An­nisette-George’s cast­ing votes dealt strict­ly with pro­ce­dur­al mat­ters de­signed to al­low fur­ther de­bate or con­sid­er­a­tion of leg­is­la­tion back then. They nei­ther passed, de­feat­ed nor amend­ed any bills, leav­ing the sta­tus quo in­tact, he added yes­ter­day.