House amends Procurement Bill

Finance Minister, Colm Imbert, thanked Caroni East MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh and Caroni Central MP Dr Bhoe Tewarie for their contributions to the debate.

Gopeesingh had asked where the parent Act is at regarding proclamation? Tewarie had urged three pillars to build a better country – procurement reform, campaign finance reform and upliftment of the Office of the Auditor General.

Earlier, after the contribution of Minister of Public Administration, Maxie Cuffie on the Marriage (Amendment) Bill, this controversial debate was adjourned to a future, unspecified date. Finally House Leader, Planning Minister, Camille Robinson- Regis, moved that the House adjourn to Monday at 2.30 pm when it will debate an “Act to abolish preliminary inquiries and to provide for the pre-trial procedure in respect of indictable offences and for ancillary matters”, to be moved by Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi