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All ineligible MPs should be removed
CLAUDE ROBINSON
Sunday, March 01, 2009
THE ruling by the Court of Appeal - upholding Chief Justice Zaila McCalla's ruling that a by-election is the appropriate remedy in the dual citizenship case involving the JLP's West Portland MP Daryl Vaz and the PNP's Abe Dabdoub - has ended speculation about a general election soon.
CLAUDE ROBINSON
Prime Minister Bruce Golding, speaking to reporters shortly after the ruling was handed down Friday morning, said that the "distraction" of the long drawn-out case was now over and a by-election would be held on Monday, March 23.
Of course, the case was more than a 'distraction' as it went to the heart of our constitutional democracy, namely, eligibility for election to the Parliament, the supreme law-making body in the country.
Accordingly, several pressing matters arised from the ruling, including the status of at least five other members of parliament whose eligibility to sit in the House of Representatives must now be under a cloud of constitutional uncertainty.
This group includes three MPs representing the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) namely, Michael Stern (North West Clarendon), Shahine Robinson (North East St Ann) and Gregory Mair (North East St Catherine), all of whom are under challenge in the courts for being 'dual citizens'.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...BE_REMOVED.asp
CLAUDE ROBINSON
Sunday, March 01, 2009
THE ruling by the Court of Appeal - upholding Chief Justice Zaila McCalla's ruling that a by-election is the appropriate remedy in the dual citizenship case involving the JLP's West Portland MP Daryl Vaz and the PNP's Abe Dabdoub - has ended speculation about a general election soon.
CLAUDE ROBINSON
Prime Minister Bruce Golding, speaking to reporters shortly after the ruling was handed down Friday morning, said that the "distraction" of the long drawn-out case was now over and a by-election would be held on Monday, March 23.
Of course, the case was more than a 'distraction' as it went to the heart of our constitutional democracy, namely, eligibility for election to the Parliament, the supreme law-making body in the country.
Accordingly, several pressing matters arised from the ruling, including the status of at least five other members of parliament whose eligibility to sit in the House of Representatives must now be under a cloud of constitutional uncertainty.
This group includes three MPs representing the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) namely, Michael Stern (North West Clarendon), Shahine Robinson (North East St Ann) and Gregory Mair (North East St Catherine), all of whom are under challenge in the courts for being 'dual citizens'.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...BE_REMOVED.asp
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