Calls grow for stricter penalties in Parliament
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Legal
November 25, 2025
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A former House Speaker is urging a review of parliamentary rules, warning that stronger sanctions are needed for breaches of decorum as apologies, especially insincere ones, “are no longer sufficient.”
Barendra Sinanan made the call while addressing the uproar over Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s comment during Friday’s sitting to “cuff down” Diego Martin North East MP Colm Imbert.
The same debate also saw Attorney General John Jeremie tell someone on the opposition bench to “go and take your lil man.”
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