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Will Last Wednesday's Menacing Behavior Be Repeated?
posted (May 24, 2017)

And while the claims of a political party should generally not be accepted without proof, the PUP is convinced that violence and disruption were on the UDP's agenda for today.

And, so, it does give pause for concern about security in and around the National Assembly when the Senate Hearings are being conducted.

Today, the media asked the Chairman specifically about preventing a reoccurrence of last week's hearing, when UDP's disrupted the testimony of Elvin Penner.

He told us that additional security measures will be put into place to make sure the hearings go smoothly:

Hon. Aldo Salazar - Chairman, Senate Select Committee
"I have every assurance that security presence would be heightened, we would have sufficient security presence. What happened last week was indeed regrettable and I have every intention to ensure that there is no further disturbance. It will not be tolerated and I felt confident that we could maintain order within the Senate today. I felt that the main threat today would have been opposing factions getting into it with each other but at the end of the day I don't think any side will want to see or to show or to have it construed that they are trying to stop the Senate from moving forward. So although I can say that was my only concern; what happened last week was indeed regrettable, as the chairman I have to take responsibility for it. We learned from our mistakes, we move forward and I can say that it will not be tolerated from either side, UDP or PUP, we need to move forward."

Because the house and the senate have their own standing orders, police can only intervene with the authority of the Speaker, the President, or the Chairman.

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