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Members of Parliament plot to change quorum numbers

Members of Parliament are now plotting to legally absent themselves from the House to deal with their opponents in their constituencies.PHOTO:COURTESY

Members of Parliament are now plotting to legally absent themselves from the House to deal with their opponents in their constituencies.

Anxious that their opponents on the ground are working overtime to kick them out of the House, MPs from both sides of the divide want Parliament to come up with new temporary rules that will enable them circumvent the standing orders that sets quorum at 50 members.

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