Gail Alexan­der

Ef­forts to con­tact Hamel-Smith yes­ter­day to clar­i­fy the is­sue proved fu­tile. Dur­ing yes­ter­day's House ses­sion, Op­po­si­tion Leader Kei­th Row­ley sought to raise the ap­point­ment of se­cu­ri­ty agency di­rec­tor Ram­nar­ine as a mat­ter of ur­gent na­tion­al im­por­tance. House Speak­er Wade Mark, how­ev­er, said the is­sue did not qual­i­fy un­der Stand­ing Or­der 12, but could be filed un­der Stand­ing Or­der 11. Dur­ing de­bate on the Firearms bill, PNM MP Don­na Cox al­so queried the ap­point­ment of the new se­cu­ri­ty agency di­rec­tor.