00:00With Parliament now prorogued without a decision from the Privileges Committee, as it relates to Senators Janelle John-Bates and
00:09Faris al-Rawi, it remains to be seen whether the opposition leader will take a disciplinary action against them.
00:16However, with the committee not completing its work, it appears that Beckels is in a bit of a quagmire.
00:23For me, the most important thing was the issue of natural justice and the process. So the matter had been
00:29sent to the Privileges Committee, which would, of course, have allowed her and Senators Janelle John-Bates to give their
00:35own evidence.
00:36So we were waiting patiently because we know that the committee completed the proceedings.
00:43And so yesterday we expected to have a report ready that would be able to tell the public and the
00:50country and certainly give me the kind of information I needed.
00:54And there was no report, as I understand, that was submitted, even though the Senate met yesterday.
00:59In the absence of a report, the PNN political leader says she will discuss the matter further with her executive.
01:07So I have to get my own feedback. Senator Avery Brown is the person that is on the Privileges Committee.
01:14So that based on that and the fact that the Parliament was prorogued last night at 12 o'clock and
01:21there's no report,
01:22I will meet with my colleagues, with Avery, who will give me some feedback because I know they were trying
01:28to arrive at a report.
01:30So I cannot say exactly what would have transpired, but I will get my feedback on Monday, which would assist
01:36me in terms of my decision.
01:38Meantime, with the Deputy House Speaker rejecting the motion, seeking leave to refer House Speaker Jack Dio-Singh to the
01:45Privileges Committee
01:46over allegations of conflict of interest linked to the very same inquiry into pharmaceuticals.
01:52The opposition leader is once again raising concerns of potential bias.
01:58It's very interesting that there are certain matters they deal with very, very quickly.
02:03So when they talk about issues of speed and indecisiveness, there are several matters that they simply ignore.
02:10And there are others, for example, like Senator Bates, Senator Halwari, which they dealt with very quickly, including meeting on
02:19a Saturday.
02:19For example, you would remember the matter that was raised against the Prime Minister.
02:23I mean, they ruled very, very quickly on that matter.
02:26And others, they simply, there's no ruling.
02:28So there's no ruling against the matter as it relates to Minister Sobers.
02:32They took their while in relation to the motion raised by the Speaker.
02:37So you, the opposition, therefore, we have to, we have to sit as a caucus and we have to decide
02:44moving forward, how do we address these issues?
02:47Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.
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