THE resignation of former A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament (AP), Jaipaul Sharma, was accepted by the National Assembly and Speaker of the House, Raphael Trotman, yesterday, disclosed his seat vacant.

He added that the list of candidates from which Sharma’s name was taken will be the same list that his replacement will be taken.
Sharma’s resignation was tendered on April 3, 2014.
The Opposition Leader, David Granger, has since indicated that Sharma will be replaced by former People’s National Congress (PNC) MP, Ernest Elliot.
The Leader of APNU, over the weekend, explained that Elliot’s appointment was not “arbitrary.”
He explained that with matters such as Local Government Elections and reform among a list of important matters, much consideration had to be placed into the Region 4 replacement.
Sharma was drawn from the Geographical Constituency List of the APNU, and his replacement had to come from that same list of which Elliot was fingered as the most suited for the position at this time.
The ex-Region 4 official will represent the Demerara/ Mahaica constituents in the National Assembly this time round.
(Vanessa Narine)