Office of Leader of the Opposition
The office space, located in the left wing on the first floor of
the Old Parliament House was allocated to the then Leader of the
Opposition in March 2015 to deliver on his parliamentary duties
when attending the sittings of the Assembly. Moreover,
subsequent Leaders of the Opposition have continued to occupy
the said office space for the same purpose.
It has, at all times, been understood that the said office space
would strictly be used for the carrying out of parliamentary
related activities as opposed to political ones, the more so, as
the said office space is located within the precincts of the
Assembly, which, apart from hosting the Chamber and Office of
the Speaker, is used strictly for the carrying out of
parliamentary and incidental administrative activities.
Furthermore, no office space is allocated to any other party
leaders.
It is a long established protocol that party leaders make
declarations to/address the members of the press, present to
cover parliamentary proceedings within the precincts of the
Assembly on the sitting day itself or, exceptionally and
generally, on the following day in the event of late night
sittings.
