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Vaz travelled this year on US passport - heh heh!
Vaz travelled this year on US passport
published: Friday | December 14, 2007
( L - R ) Dabdoub, Vaz
Chief Immigration Officer Leighton Wilson yesterday produced Immigration Records in the Supreme Court to show that Jamaica Labour Party Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz had travelled on a United States passport this year.
Wilson was testifying in the election petition brought by People's National Party candidate Abe Dabdoub.
Dabdoub is seeking to have Vaz disqualified as Member of Parliament for West Portland because of his alleged dual citizenship. He is asking the court to find that Vaz pledged allegiance to a foreign power or state, which is in breach of the Constitution of Jamaica, making him ineligible to be an MP.
Wilson produced two departure cards - which Vaz signed - disclosing he was a businessman and an American citizen.
One of the cards was signed before nomination day in August this year, and the other after nomination day.
Another immigration form was produced to show that Vaz landed in Jamaica on October 7 this year on a U.S. passport.
It is stated in Vaz's U.S. passport and the landing form which he signed when he landed on October 7, that Vaz is to leave the island by January 9, 2008, and is not permitted to work in Jamaica.
Vaz is contending that he got his American citizenship through his mother, who is an American. He claims further, that if he is under an allegiance, it was not by his own act.
Dabdoub is seeking orders from the court to be returned as the duly elected candidate.
Vaz is contending that if the court rules against him, there should be a by-election in the constituency of West Portland. The hearing continues today before Chief Justice Zaila McCalla.
published: Friday | December 14, 2007
( L - R ) Dabdoub, Vaz
Chief Immigration Officer Leighton Wilson yesterday produced Immigration Records in the Supreme Court to show that Jamaica Labour Party Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz had travelled on a United States passport this year.
Wilson was testifying in the election petition brought by People's National Party candidate Abe Dabdoub.
Dabdoub is seeking to have Vaz disqualified as Member of Parliament for West Portland because of his alleged dual citizenship. He is asking the court to find that Vaz pledged allegiance to a foreign power or state, which is in breach of the Constitution of Jamaica, making him ineligible to be an MP.
Wilson produced two departure cards - which Vaz signed - disclosing he was a businessman and an American citizen.
One of the cards was signed before nomination day in August this year, and the other after nomination day.
Another immigration form was produced to show that Vaz landed in Jamaica on October 7 this year on a U.S. passport.
It is stated in Vaz's U.S. passport and the landing form which he signed when he landed on October 7, that Vaz is to leave the island by January 9, 2008, and is not permitted to work in Jamaica.
Vaz is contending that he got his American citizenship through his mother, who is an American. He claims further, that if he is under an allegiance, it was not by his own act.
Dabdoub is seeking orders from the court to be returned as the duly elected candidate.
Vaz is contending that if the court rules against him, there should be a by-election in the constituency of West Portland. The hearing continues today before Chief Justice Zaila McCalla.
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