NJAC, which is part of the rul­ing PP coali­tion, was sched­uled to dis­cuss the mat­ter at a spe­cial meet­ing last night. It will is­sue a state­ment on the mat­ter to­day. TOP leader Ash­worth Jack, whose par­ty is part of the rul­ing coali­tion, asked: "It's a very un­for­tu­nate state­ment. What is the sta­tis­ti­cal da­ta? What's the ex­act na­ture of the grouse? "One has to be very care­ful on such is­sues and should not just make a blan­ket state­ment.