Attorney-at-law and intervenor in the upcoming Barbados Light & Power (BL&P) rate hearing, Tricia Watson is standing her ground that Government should withdraw the Electric Light and Power (Amendment) Bill 2022.In a post on her Facebook page that was also made on the Barbados Parliament website earlier on Friday as the Lower Chamber debated the proposed legislation, Watson voiced concern that while the first version of the bill was “quietly withdrawn” and an amended version tabled on July 19 in response to objections raised, the Government had failed to truly listen.She contended that there was no real improvement to the Bill which she said “works against the interest of all consumers and voters in Barbados and does not promote transparency and good governance”.Watson had argued that the amendment curtails public involvement in the issuing of licences in the sector, which went against good governance and transparency.
