EDITOR, The Tribune.
HOUSE of Assembly rules seem today to be stifling democracy. Over the past week or so I watched how the mother of all parliaments, The Commons, London, worked and wow what a difference.
Certainly, the UK Speaker allows latitude in interventions - you do not have to give reason. In 30 minutes, you rarely heard the Speaker intervene, not like ours - he is intervening every five minutes.
The Prime Minister is required to appear every Wednesday for Prime Minister questions (none of what we see the Prime Minister hides not only from the House of Assembly but the Media). Hint, PM Minnis you said you are the People’s Government - hmm, you don’t show it. Hundreds of questions are unanswered.
I know new rules were written a few years ago maybe it is time to really throw democracy open to the free wind in our House of Assembly?
Shouldn’t there be numerous House Committees which, unlike the lack of practice of the Finance Committee, be required to sit and work? We certainly need one urgently to deal with Heads of Agreements.
This mid-year Budget rubbish and it is rubbish just an excuse for hot air from MPs – a total waste of parliamentary time in my estimate. Invented by Ingraham when a simple 30-minute statement by the Minister of Finance could achieve everything.
ABRAHAM MOSS
Nassau,
March 18, 2018.
Comments
sheeprunner12 5 years, 10 months ago
We have most of those rules in the present Bahamian House Rules ........ But it is HOW the Government manipulate the House Agenda that renders the Rules ineffective.
Just get a copy and read them ......... as is.
DDK 5 years, 10 months ago
First Lesson: Don't trust them as far as you can spit! One of the FNM campaign slogans was "IT'S A MATTER OF TRUST" - LOL!
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