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The Bruce Golding administration has announced that it will be seeking bipartisan support to draft new legislation to address issues surrounding dual citizenship among parliamentarians.
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }On Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Golding turned the spotlight on the hotly debated topic when the House of Representatives resumed regular sittings following a three week break.
The dual nationality issue found its way into parliament on Tuesday afternoon just a day after Daryl Vaz demolished his political opponent Kenneth Rowe in the keenly contested West Portland by-election.
In a statement to the house, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the critical issues raised by the Chief Justice and the Court of Appeal President requires careful consideration before the necessary legislative actions are initiated.
"Amendment of constitutional provisions, even where they are not entrenched should preferably be on the table with consensus. The government intends to seek the views of the Opposition and stimulate further public debate with a view to arriving on a consensus that will inform the drafting of a bill to amend the relevant sections of the constitution to address these issues," said Mr. Golding.
His response to questions of clarification raised by Leader of Opposition Business Derrick Kellier was briefly interrupted by the swaggered entrance of Daryl Vaz.
The freshly elected Member of Parliament, who sat in the well, a designated area to close to where the Speaker of the House sits, is expected to be sworn in next week.
An assertion by the Prime Minister about political plots to overthrow the government of the day prompted an immediate interjection by Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller amid taunts and heckles from government MPs.
"I do not have the benefit of what the Prime Minister said earlier. But it doesn't matter what anybody says, as leader of the People's National Party, as leader of the Opposition I have said to the country that this side will never take control of this country unless it is by way of the ballot," said Mrs. Simpson Miller.
Central Kingston MP Ronald Thwaites later moved a motion to have each member of the House to state whether they have dual citizenship.
http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/16601/26/
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }On Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Golding turned the spotlight on the hotly debated topic when the House of Representatives resumed regular sittings following a three week break.
The dual nationality issue found its way into parliament on Tuesday afternoon just a day after Daryl Vaz demolished his political opponent Kenneth Rowe in the keenly contested West Portland by-election.
In a statement to the house, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the critical issues raised by the Chief Justice and the Court of Appeal President requires careful consideration before the necessary legislative actions are initiated.
"Amendment of constitutional provisions, even where they are not entrenched should preferably be on the table with consensus. The government intends to seek the views of the Opposition and stimulate further public debate with a view to arriving on a consensus that will inform the drafting of a bill to amend the relevant sections of the constitution to address these issues," said Mr. Golding.
His response to questions of clarification raised by Leader of Opposition Business Derrick Kellier was briefly interrupted by the swaggered entrance of Daryl Vaz.
The freshly elected Member of Parliament, who sat in the well, a designated area to close to where the Speaker of the House sits, is expected to be sworn in next week.
An assertion by the Prime Minister about political plots to overthrow the government of the day prompted an immediate interjection by Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller amid taunts and heckles from government MPs.
"I do not have the benefit of what the Prime Minister said earlier. But it doesn't matter what anybody says, as leader of the People's National Party, as leader of the Opposition I have said to the country that this side will never take control of this country unless it is by way of the ballot," said Mrs. Simpson Miller.
Central Kingston MP Ronald Thwaites later moved a motion to have each member of the House to state whether they have dual citizenship.
http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/16601/26/
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