I found the article by Ms. Rut Diamint very interesting. On many occasions she refers to the importance of the presence of parliamentarians in the Summit process and how they can serve as an efficient communication medium between the citizens and the decision bodies.
I agree that there is great value to this role as an intermediary, but we, as parliamentarians, have not and currently are not involved in the Summit process. Nor have we been directly invited to participate in it in the past. The upcoming Summit in Trinidad and Tobago has however extended an invitation to parliamentarians to be involved, albeit in some undefined capacity.