Greenidge should be equally scolded for voting against the party

Greenidge should be equally scolded for voting against the party

THE PPP is claiming non-involvement in the decision taken by Volda Lawrence to abstain from several key pieces of legislation in Parliament last week. I watched the events unfold on television and the only summation I can make is that there is one woman who, like those before her, are forced to engage in trickery to manoeuvre the male-dominated Parliament in order to accomplish what is best for Guyana.

I do not know if she had a legitimate illness and legitimately did not realise the position her party had taken when she chose to vote contrary to the other 25 members present that day. But it is suspicious the way the events unfolded. Regardless, the attack being waged against her within her own party to suggest that she crossed the aisle in secret shows a lot of contempt for the woman and disunity within the party.
If Carl Greenidge is not equally scolded for his decision to vote contrary to his party on the funding of Amerindian community projects, why is Volda Lawrence being made a spectacle alone? Unless there is evidence that she crossed the aisle to support the position of the PPP and thereby made her party lose critical leverage, then that evidence should be made public to her constituents and she should be afforded the opportunity to explain herself. But if this is not the case, then David Granger should publicly apologise for damaging the integrity of an MP and resign as leader for poorly representing his supporters, more so, a Member of Parliament.

VERONICA ALLY