The motion to close Tuesday's meeting was seconded by Member of Parliament Roy Marlin who said that Arrindell was in order to close the meeting since the Minister was not present when the Members of the National Alliance Faction posed several questions to him regarding GEBE. During the Parliamentary debate Minister of Economic Affairs Franklin Meyers and his staff showed up and were ready to respond to Parliament regarding GEBE, since Minister Meyers is the Minister in charge of Economic Affairs. However, the Members of Parliament only posed four questions to the Economic Affairs Minister regarding the pricing structure and the company that provides GEBE with fuel. Minister Meyers provided the answers to parliament on the four questions they posed to him at the end of the first round of the meeting.
The decision by the Chairlady of Parliament to close the meeting at the beginning of the second round did not sit well with the Members of the National Alliance since they said that the Minister and his staff was not obliged to be present when the questions were posed. Due to the disagreement between the Chairlady and the Members of Parliament of the National Alliance Faction, Member of Parliament Jules James tabled the same motion as the chairlady based on article 48 to close the meeting, which was eventually done despite the protest made by the Members of the National Alliance Faction of Parliament.
The meeting was called by the National Alliance to discuss the road infrastructures and GEBE on January 6th 2012. The first agenda point was to discuss the road infrastructures with Minister of VROMI Theodore Heyliger but the National Alliance made a mistake when they submitted their request by stating that they wanted a meeting with the shareholder representative of GEBE instead of asking for the Minister of Energy and Environmental Affairs. National Alliance leader William Marlin told parliament that he made the mistake because he thought the Minister of Energy was the shareholder representative.
The shareholder representative, Attorney at law Ralph Richardson showed up on three occasions including Wednesday to provide the answers to the questions the Members of Parliament might have for him about GEBE but the Leader of the National Alliance William Marlin informed the chair at the opening of the meeting on Wednesday afternoon that he made a mistake when he said he requested the shareholder representative in his initial request. Marlin informed Parliament that the shareholder representative could be excused since he intended to question the Minister of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The Leader of the National Alliance also submitted his request to the Chairlady of Parliament to invite the Minister at the end of the first round. He suggested that the meeting be adjourned and that Parliament send over a report and the minutes of the meeting to the Minster and his staff so that the Minister could prepare himself based on the questions that were posed in the first round of the meeting. Marlin said the only reason the chairlady opted to use procedural techniques and to close the meeting was because Parliament does not prepare the minutes of the meetings that are held and send them Government and the Members of Parliament.
The National Alliance Leader William Marlin and Member of Parliament Louis Laveist cautioned the chairlady that she should not use impartiality when taking decisions. Marlin said that the chairlady should stop making a mockery of parliament and if the chair chooses to use might over right then she could have his blessings but not his support. Marlin said parliament has enough bungles and he does not want to see another one be added to the list. Member of Parliament Louis Laveist seconded the proposal of the NA leader.
Laviest said that does not want to lose respect for the chair of parliament and therefore the chair should not allow her party colors or party lines to dictate her decisions when chairing the meetings of parliament.