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Candidates’ dual [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]citizenship[/COLOR][/COLOR] causes friction in political arena 
Wednesday, 15 August 2007 
The looming political drama sparked by allegations that some political candidates enjoy dual citizenship and are therefore in breach of the law, has taken on new dimensions, as both sides gear up for what is likely to be a protracted court battle.
Our investigations reveal that the People's National Party (PNP) is in the final stages of preparations to lodge a formal complaint that several [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Jamaica[/COLOR][/COLOR] Labour Party (JLP) candidates have dual citizenship.
But the JLP is finalising countervailing strategies to repel the PNP's moves.
The PNP says it suspects that up to nine JLP candidates enjoy dual citizenship.
Among the candidates the PNP is targeting are Shahine Robinson and her brother Peter Fakhourie, both running in St. Ann constituencies.
But PNP insiders were quick to claim that the party has cleaned up its own act.
The PNP says two of its candidates who had dual citizenship - Norman Horne and Ian Hayles - have surrendered their US citizenship.
Both men defected from the JLP to the PNP.
The PNP points to Sections 39, 40 and 42 of the Constitution, which forbid candidates from holding citizenship status in another country.
Section 39 states that subject to the provisions of section 40, election nominees must have resided in Jamaica for the 12 months prior to being nominated as a candidate.
The section also stipulates that quote "No person shall be qualified as an elected member of the House of Representatives who is by virtue of his own act under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state".
JLP General Secretary Karl Samuda will not divulge the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]party's [COLOR=blue! important]plans[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], but a highly placed insider revealed that the JLP has engaged the services of a legal expert from [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]overseas[/COLOR][/COLOR] to guide it in any potential legal scuffle.
It is understood that the JLP anticipates a long legal battle which will culminate long after the election.
Wednesday, 15 August 2007 The looming political drama sparked by allegations that some political candidates enjoy dual citizenship and are therefore in breach of the law, has taken on new dimensions, as both sides gear up for what is likely to be a protracted court battle. Our investigations reveal that the People's National Party (PNP) is in the final stages of preparations to lodge a formal complaint that several [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Jamaica[/COLOR][/COLOR] Labour Party (JLP) candidates have dual citizenship.
But the JLP is finalising countervailing strategies to repel the PNP's moves.
The PNP says it suspects that up to nine JLP candidates enjoy dual citizenship.
Among the candidates the PNP is targeting are Shahine Robinson and her brother Peter Fakhourie, both running in St. Ann constituencies.
But PNP insiders were quick to claim that the party has cleaned up its own act.
The PNP says two of its candidates who had dual citizenship - Norman Horne and Ian Hayles - have surrendered their US citizenship.
Both men defected from the JLP to the PNP. The PNP points to Sections 39, 40 and 42 of the Constitution, which forbid candidates from holding citizenship status in another country.
Section 39 states that subject to the provisions of section 40, election nominees must have resided in Jamaica for the 12 months prior to being nominated as a candidate.
The section also stipulates that quote "No person shall be qualified as an elected member of the House of Representatives who is by virtue of his own act under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state".
JLP General Secretary Karl Samuda will not divulge the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]party's [COLOR=blue! important]plans[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], but a highly placed insider revealed that the JLP has engaged the services of a legal expert from [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]overseas[/COLOR][/COLOR] to guide it in any potential legal scuffle.
It is understood that the JLP anticipates a long legal battle which will culminate long after the election.
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