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Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, says that the next Sitting of the National Assembly, on August 14, will be in contravention of the relevant standing orders dictating Parliamentary procedures.Corbin has since written to Speaker of the House, Ralph Ramkarran, informing him of the party’s position and further advising that the Sitting should not be proceeded with.According to Corbin, Standing Order Nine of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly states, “that no Sitting of the National Assembly shall be held from 10th August to 10th October in any year, unless there were special reasons for holding a Sitting”.Corbin told this newspaper that he was unaware of any special reasons cited.He did note, however, that he was informed by a Government representative of the desire on its part to take second readings of the five Bills tabled in the National Assembly last Thursday.The joint Parliamentary Opposition parties wrote to Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on August 7, 2008 indicating its position that, given the nature of the Bills, they would wish to have the second reading taken after the recess.This newspaper managed to secure a copy of the document addressed to Hinds, which states, “these Bills require in-depth analysis, widespread consultation and profound consideration before we could reasonably respond to their thrust, import and intent…These considerations are compounded by the fact that many members of the Opposition benches will be unavailable to attend any Sittings after the 10th day of August 2008 …We consider it unreasonable to be expected to effectively scrutinise and arrive at informed positions on these Bills in such short time, and with already depleted numbers…We therefore recommend that the five Bills have their Second Reading after the Parliamentary Recess ends in October ` 2008.”The letter was made in the context of the new pieces of legislation made available to the Opposition on August 7.