‘Change of HoA Sitting had nothing to do with Hon O’Neal’s letter’ – Premier Smith
Speaking at a press briefing held yesterday September 5, 2014 at the Government Administrative Complex, Premier Smith said that the Sitting of the House of Assembly was changed from September 2, 2014 to September 11, 2014 because Government had matters to be added to the Order Paper.
“The Sitting was withdrawn because [some] important Bills that were to be on the Order Paper were not ready,” said Premier Smith.
He said that the Leader of the Opposition in his letter expressed an opinion and that it had nothing to do with the change of the date for the Sitting.
Days ago the House of Assembly’s Public Relations Officer Linton V. Leonard announced a Sitting for 2nd September 2014. However, hours later another announcement came out notifying of its postponement until “further notice.”
On the same day that the notice of the postponement of the September 2, 2014 Sitting, Honourable O’Neal had fired off a letter to the Speaker of the HoA Ms. Ingrid A. Moses about the illegal adjournment of the Eighth Sitting of the Third Session of the Second HoA, sine die when a quorum was lost during a recess on August 14, 2014.
The decision to adjourn was taken by Acting Speaker at the time Honourable Deloris Christopher (R5). Premier Smith maintains that the House was properly adjourned according to the Standing Orders on August 14, 2014.
Hon O’Neal in his letter to the Speaker of the HOA dated August 27, 2014 and obtained by this news site said, “the matter was reviewed and research conducted and nowhere could I find a basis in the Standing Orders of the HoA or Erskine May which supports the action taken. I have also consulted with my colleagues and they have all corroborated my findings.”
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Hon s..th could tell a straight lie in your face tooo lie buddy
Orders. To add insult to injury you have the nerve to say that the reschedule had nothing to do with the Opposition Leader letter and try to give excuse for it's reschedule. Dr. Smith if it walks like a duck, look like a duck, chuck like a duck and smell like a duck it is a duck. In other words am saying to you, stop lying to the people, you are destroying yourself