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No discussion on Danville Walker's dual citizenship
Thursday, January 17, 2008
WALKER. lawyers want him disqualified from holding EOJ's top job
THE Electoral Commission is yet to state its position on what impact the dual citizenship of Director of Elections Danville Walker will have on his current position.
Lawyers representing defeated People's National Party (PNP) candidate, Abe Dabdoub, in the ongoing court battle over the East Portland seat currently held by the Jamaica Labour Party's Daryl Vaz, who is also an American citizen, had questioned Walker's eligibility for the post arguing that he should be disqualified on the grounds of his United States (US) citizenship.
Dabdoub's representatives argue that under Section 3 (1) of the 2006 Electoral Commission (Interim) Act a person will be disqualified from holding the post if that person is not a citizen of Jamaica, not resident in Jamaica, or by his own act, has acknowledged allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state.
Expectations were that the matter would be among those discussed by the Commission at a meeting held yesterday but the People's National Party representative on the Electoral Commission Donald Buchanan yesterday said the matter had not come up for mention.
"The commission did not meet for that reason; we had a scheduled meeting today and that issue was not discussed," Buchanan told the Observer.
He, however, said the commission would have to discuss the matter but declined to say at what point this would take place.
"I have no doubt that at some point in time that matter will be discussed," Buchanan said.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
WALKER. lawyers want him disqualified from holding EOJ's top jobTHE Electoral Commission is yet to state its position on what impact the dual citizenship of Director of Elections Danville Walker will have on his current position.
Lawyers representing defeated People's National Party (PNP) candidate, Abe Dabdoub, in the ongoing court battle over the East Portland seat currently held by the Jamaica Labour Party's Daryl Vaz, who is also an American citizen, had questioned Walker's eligibility for the post arguing that he should be disqualified on the grounds of his United States (US) citizenship.
Dabdoub's representatives argue that under Section 3 (1) of the 2006 Electoral Commission (Interim) Act a person will be disqualified from holding the post if that person is not a citizen of Jamaica, not resident in Jamaica, or by his own act, has acknowledged allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state.
Expectations were that the matter would be among those discussed by the Commission at a meeting held yesterday but the People's National Party representative on the Electoral Commission Donald Buchanan yesterday said the matter had not come up for mention.
"The commission did not meet for that reason; we had a scheduled meeting today and that issue was not discussed," Buchanan told the Observer.
He, however, said the commission would have to discuss the matter but declined to say at what point this would take place.
"I have no doubt that at some point in time that matter will be discussed," Buchanan said.
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