Georgetown- ‘We will never try to manipulate or control the work of the committees of parliament…that is not our intention…all we are saying is that we have the most seats in terms of party and that must be reflected in the committees. This is statement made by the Attorney General Anil Nandlall recently claiming that a size of 10 would best reflect the composition of the National Assembly…PPP would get 5 seats equivalent to its 50% seats, APNU 4 and AFC 1. However, the opposition is using nine and the allocation runs as follows- PPP-4, APNU-4 and AFC 1…this violates the principle of proportionality and is disproportionate to the percentage of seats which we have in the National Assembly because we have 50% of the seats and 4 is not a reflection of the percentage…they are equating us with APNU who has 40% of the seats and there is a 30,000 vote difference between 40% of APNU and 49.2% of the PPP…that is in violation of the proportionality principle which the constitution embraces…that is what we are seeking to rectify in the court, hoping that parliament can constitute the committees in a manner that is contemplated, provided for and captured by the constitution,” Minister Nandlall said
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