The Minority Leader in , , has rejected claims that he opposed the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act, 2019 before the House, insisting that "nothing has suddenly arisen" to justify the urgency attached to its consideration.
Speaking on the floor of on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, during deliberations on a report presented by the Interior Committee calling for the bill to be considered under a certificate of urgency, he stated, "I am right here in this chamber, and I will not sit for any Member of to attempt an interpretation of what I have said and try to spin it.
Mr.
Speaker, I rose at a point where the committee had presented a report for us to consider this bill under a certificate of urgency.
