PDP to sue Clerk of the THA Tuesday 2 February 2021 PDP political leader Watson Duke, front left, and deputy political leader Farley Augustine, front right, talk to the media on Tuesday morning after spending the night at the Assembly Legislature, Scarborough in protest of the Clerk of the Assembly's decision to suspend Monday's sitting. PHOTO BY JEFF K MAYERS - The Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) said it has initiated legal action against the office of the Clerk of the THA for failing to properly carry out the process of electing a presiding officer. The PDP assemblymen, led by the party's political leader Watson Duke, slept in the assembly’s chamber on Monday night in protest against the decision by Clerk of the Assembly Myrna Mc Leod to suspend the meeting without having elected a presiding officer.