Public Accounts Committee named

The establishment of a Public Accounts Committee, a requirement of the

Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda, has been completed by the House of

Representatives.

As required by the Constitution, the Leader of the Opposition, Jamale Pringle,

presides as the chairman of the committee. The other members are the

representatives for Barbuda, Trevor Walker, with the member for St. John’s City

East, Melford Nicholas, St. John’s Rural East, Maria Browne and St. John’s Rural

South, Daryll Matthew serving as well.

It is the prerogative of the chairman of the committee to call meetings as he sees fit

and to request from any government department records, files or any other

document deemed necessary to conduct the business of the committee.