(Kaieteur News) – People’s Progressive Party Member of Parliament, Sanjeev Datadin has defended the repeated delays of sittings of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), stating that the committee’s work cannot resume “instantly” because members have pre-existing commitments and conflicting schedules.

His comments come amid growing accusations from the intensifying pressure from the opposition which has accused the government of weaponising parliamentary quorum rules to deliberately stall the oversight body.

“…It will be sorted, but speaking for myself it can’t be instant,” Datadin stated in a Facebook post on Tuesday.