Yesterday at around\u00a05:45 pm, I, Khemraj Ramjattan, a member of the Select Committee dealing with the Anti-money Laundering\u00a0 Bill, walked out of the Committee’s proceedings.<\/p>\n
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Earlier in the week, President Donald Ramotar had called the Opposition Parliamentarians who voted down the Hydro Amendment Bill and the Motion to up the guarantee to public corporations to $150 B \u201cterrorists\u201d. This I found most offensive and insulting. I have since written a piece explaining that it was out of prudence that the AFC voted as it did.<\/p>\n
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At a meeting of the Committee on July 22, 2013, the Chairperson’s attention was drawn to the President’s comment by Mr. Carl Greenidge. Greenidge, on behalf of the Opposition members urged the Select Committee to pass a Motion to condemn what the President said in public. The Government members namely Anil Nandlall and Bishop Juan Edghill sought to deflect the significance of the comment as not being material and relevant to what the Committee was doing and that whatever grievance the Opposition members felt should be taken to another forum.<\/p>\n
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There was a vote on the Motion brought by Greenidge which saw the Opposition four members-Greenidge, Joe Harmon, Basil Williams and Ramjattan out voting the Government members Anil Nandlall and Bishop Juan Edghill.<\/p>\n
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The Chairperson, Gail Texeira, then argued that the condemnation of the President was unwarranted and ought not to be allowed under the Standing orders.<\/p>\n
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It was at this point that I, Ramjattan, made\u00a0an intervention arguing that since the Committee was preparing legislation to catch terrorists and prevent their financing, and since the President would have to Assent the legislation for it to become law, then\u00a0it was most regrettable and repugnant that\u00a0I ,as a \u2018terrorist\u2019\u00a0should continue to be an author of this anti-terrorist law. I then walked out of the meeting, saying as\u00a0I did so that,\u00a0I will not participate further until the President retracts\u00a0his description of\u00a0myself and all the Opposition Parliamentarians\u00a0as a terrorist. This is the same President\u00a0who has failed to apologise\u00a0for calling another AFC colleague a jackass recently.<\/p>\n
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Khemraj Ramjattan MP<\/p>\n
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