You all will remember the explosive and historic house meeting in August where Cayo South Representative Julius Espat was suspended and then forcibly carried out by officers. Well Espat has said that the suspension was illegal and he would still be present for the next house meeting. But while Espat isn't taking the suspension seriously, the clerk of National Assembly does and today Espat gave us an update.
Reporter
"Have you gotten any response from the clerk?"
Hon. Julius Espat
"From the clerk, no. but I got a copy of a letter written by the Financial Secretary to the Clerk explaining to him that what he said was erroneous; that he had no authority to stop the payment of the constituency vote and to stop payments of the assistance to office because that comes from the Ministry of Finance. The only authority he had was on the salary or anything that has to do with the National Assembly. So that was clarified a couple days after by the Financial Secretary with instructions from the Prime Minister."
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