Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba almost broke down after she failed to get re-admission to the Senate following a 30-day suspension.
Orwoba was given a chance by the Senate Speaker Amason Kingi to apologise to the House before being admitted back but refused to read a prepared apology drafted by the secretariat.
The nominated senator objected to a section of the prescribed apology stating that reading it would incriminate her in another civil case before court.
She said she had been advised it will undermine her right to a fair process to the current court proceedings. "I would like to inform the house that I have no problem reading the prescribed apology however there is a sentence that is self-incriminating and can be used against me in a court of law, I have been on suspension without pay, I have suffered the consequences of reporting issues and I continue to suffer those consequences," said Orwoba.
