Suruj calls AG’s remarks ‘frightening’

“The Attorney General asked the question “since when is that (consultation) a feature of our Parliamentary Practice.” These words of the Attorney General are to say the least, clearly frightening since it betrays a philosophy that excludes the Opposition from shared governance,” Rambachan stated.

“When combined with the arbitrary removal of the threefifths majority required to pass the Marriage Bill and his further statement that he will do away with such majority in future legislation as a tactic to get his bills passed, we are seeing the birth of a dangerous enemy to our democracy,” he added.

Rambachan said the nation could not “sit idly by and allow the Attorney General and his colleagues to undermine the Constitution and their rights. There is an obligation for right thinking people who value freedom, shared Governance and a democratic country to lift their voices against the Attorney General and the PNM.”