Good first step. Now he should outdo it with another announcement that he will by all means facilitate elections no later than April 30, 2019. Doing so will buy him back some dignity and respect.

Gov’t dual citizenship MPs resign

-will not be returning to Parliament

The Public Buildings, where sittings of the National Assembly are held.

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April 2 2019

President David Granger has received and accepted the resignation of all coalition Members of Parliament (MPs) who are holders of dual citizenship, the government announced this morning.

“These members will not be returning to Parliament therefore, when it reconvenes on April 11, 2019,” the government said in a brief statement, in which it also reiterated its commitment to upholding the constitution and the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the motion of no-confidence that was brought against it. The statement by the government did not name the MPs.

The announcement comes days after Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who himself holds US citizenship, announced that all government MPs would be present when the House reconvenes as Cabinet had not taken a decision on those members with dual citizenship.

The other government MPs with dual citizenship are Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, Minister of Public Service Dr Rupert Roopnaraine and Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin, who all hold British citizenship.

The administration had faced sustained criticism over its failure to remove its MPs with dual citizenship in light of rulings by both the High Court and the Court of Appeal, which found that they were ineligible for election to the National Assembly.
According to Article 155 (1) (a) of the Constitution, “No person shall be qualified for election as a member of the National Assembly who is, by virtue of his or her own act, under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state.”

The rulings were made in the proceedings related to the vote on the no-confidence motion against the government, which had been accused by opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo of selectively upholding the decisions of the courts.

Jagdeo has said that his party will be respecting the courts’ rulings and that MPs Odinga Lumumba and Gail Teixeira, who are US and Canadian citizens, respectively, have indicated that they will relinquish their foreign citizenship. The way forward was yet to be discussed with a third PPP/C MP, Adrian Anamayah.

Jagdeo said that in keeping with government’s utterances that it respects the ruling of the court, all ministers who have dual citizenship status should immediately resign from their posts since they would be appointed by virtue of their election to the National Assembly.

Asked last Friday to respond to Jagdeo’s accusation of government being selective with respect to its treatment of the rulings on dual citizen MPs as against the other rulings made by the courts, he said he disagreed. “At the appropriate time, I can say to you that decisions of members of the government, including me… will be made in the public interest. Whatever is in the public interest, be assured that we will make those decisions at the appropriate time,” he later said.

It was the vote of former government MP Charrandass Persaud, a Canadian citizen, which led to the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion against government being declared passed on the night of December 21st last. A case was subsequently filed in the High Court challenging the validity of his vote given his dual citizenship status.

Gov’t dual citizenship MPs resign

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Constitution, Legal, News, Parliament, Politics April 2, 2019 0 Comments

Oh lawd! The dreaded Harmon is gone.

What an ASS Granger IS. He accepted their resignations but kept them as Ministers. Is DUNCE the FOOL dunce or he is brain dead???

Nehru posted:

What an ASS Granger IS. He accepted their resignations but kept them as Ministers. Is DUNCE the FOOL dunce or he is brain dead???

Where does it say they are kept as Ministers...unless this is mentioned somewhere else

Thanks to Charandass, he deserve an award. 

The pressure is on.

Kudos to Granger for stepping up, he could have gone with Bully Harmon. 

Irfaan on the ground in all villages interacting with the people and Jagdeo dealing with the media, what a brilliant mind. 

VishMahabir posted:

Nehru posted:

What an ASS Granger IS. He accepted their resignations but kept them as Ministers. Is DUNCE the FOOL dunce or he is brain dead???

Where does it say they are kept as Ministers...unless this is mentioned somewhere else

It was reported that they will remain as Ministers. Anil THE GREAT Nandalall point to the Constitution and said NO!!!

Dave posted:

Thanks to Charandass, he deserve an award. 

The pressure is on.

Kudos to Granger for stepping up, he could have gone with Bully Harmon. 

Irfaan on the ground in all villages interacting with the people and Jagdeo dealing with the media, what a brilliant mind. 

Did IRFAAN go to Buxton and Wismar yet??

Nehru posted:

VishMahabir posted:

Nehru posted:

What an ASS Granger IS. He accepted their resignations but kept them as Ministers. Is DUNCE the FOOL dunce or he is brain dead???

Where does it say they are kept as Ministers...unless this is mentioned somewhere else

It was reported that they will remain as Ministers. Anil THE GREAT Nandalall point to the Constitution and said NO!!!

Where it's was reported ? please give the source.

VishMahabir posted:

Dave posted:

Thanks to Charandass, he deserve an award. 

The pressure is on.

Kudos to Granger for stepping up, he could have gone with Bully Harmon. 

Irfaan on the ground in all villages interacting with the people and Jagdeo dealing with the media, what a brilliant mind. 

Did IRFAAN go to Buxton and Wismar yet??

He lives in Buxton.

ksazma posted:

Good first step. Now he should outdo it with another announcement that he will by all means facilitate elections no later than April 30, 2019. Doing so will buy him back some dignity and respect.

Don’t hold your breath.  Just in case they appeal and Yonnette overturn that ruling also.  

Dave posted:

Irfaan on the ground in all villages interacting with the people and Jagdeo dealing with the media, what a brilliant mind. 

Jagdeo is Irfaan's public relations officer. I hope when Irfaan becomes President he doesn't make Jagdeo his minister of information like what Granger did to Nagamootoo. Irfaan would be underutilising that brilliant mind.

Bibi Haniffa posted:

ksazma posted:

Good first step. Now he should outdo it with another announcement that he will by all means facilitate elections no later than April 30, 2019. Doing so will buy him back some dignity and respect.

Don’t hold your breath.  Just in case they appeal and Yonnette overturn that ruling also.  

True. Granger did say he accepted the NCV but all he was doing was lying through his chemo.

Django posted:

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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 2, 2019) The Government of Guyana is committed to the upholding of the Constitution of Guyana and by virtue, the March 22, 2019 ruling of the Court of Appeal on the December 21, 2018 Motion of No Confidence, which was brought against the Government.

In this regard, as of Monday, April 1, 2019, His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, has received and accepted the resignation of all coalition Members of Parliament who are holders of dual citizenship. These members will not be returning to Parliament, when it reconvenes on April 11, 2019.

Is this an April Fool joke?

Gilbakka posted:

Dave posted:

Irfaan on the ground in all villages interacting with the people and Jagdeo dealing with the media, what a brilliant mind. 

Jagdeo is Irfaan's public relations officer. I hope when Irfaan becomes President he doesn't make Jagdeo his minister of information like what Granger did to Nagamootoo. Irfaan would be underutilising that brilliant mind.

The PPP are in full swing mobilizing  their supporters. Jagdeo has the Freedom House team going out to every village meeting with the local rep at the “ bottom house meeting “.

The Business community see PPP as pro business and APNU is taxing businesses heavily. 

The support for PPP from all races is at its peak. 

I see PPP winning this election by a majority if it’s “Free and Fair” 

Zed posted:

Django posted:

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Georgetown, Guyana – (April 2, 2019) The Government of Guyana is committed to the upholding of the Constitution of Guyana and by virtue, the March 22, 2019 ruling of the Court of Appeal on the December 21, 2018 Motion of No Confidence, which was brought against the Government.

In this regard, as of Monday, April 1, 2019, His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, has received and accepted the resignation of all coalition Members of Parliament who are holders of dual citizenship. These members will not be returning to Parliament, when it reconvenes on April 11, 2019.

Is this an April Fool joke?

WTF.. is this for real. 

 

Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall says it is inconceivable how four coalition members who resigned from the post of Members of Parliament can continue being Ministers of Government.

According to article 183 of the Constitution, “the office of any Minister shall become vacant if that person ceases to be a member of the National Assembly for any cause other than the dissolution of Parliament.”

“The resignation of these persons as Members of Parliament will inexorably result in their loss of the ministerial portfolio to which they have been assigned,” Nandlall told the News Room in a telephone interview.

The MPs- Joseph Harmon, who holds the portfolio of Minister of State; Carl Greenidge, who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Rupert Roopnaraine, who is the Minister of Public Service, and Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin – have opted to resign over giving up their US and UK citizenship.

The High Court and the Court of Appeal recently ruled that those who hold dual citizenship are not qualified to be Parliamentarians.

They became technocrats. Nothing wrong with that, they are qualified. Irfaan ain't.

Dave posted:

Zed posted:

Django posted:

Source

Georgetown, Guyana – (April 2, 2019) The Government of Guyana is committed to the upholding of the Constitution of Guyana and by virtue, the March 22, 2019 ruling of the Court of Appeal on the December 21, 2018 Motion of No Confidence, which was brought against the Government.

In this regard, as of Monday, April 1, 2019, His Excellency David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, has received and accepted the resignation of all coalition Members of Parliament who are holders of dual citizenship. These members will not be returning to Parliament, when it reconvenes on April 11, 2019.

Is this an April Fool joke?

WTF.. is this for real. 

 

Resigning as MPs means giving up Ministerial posts – Former AG

 

Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall says it is inconceivable how four coalition members who resigned from the post of Members of Parliament can continue being Ministers of Government.

According to article 183 of the Constitution, “the office of any Minister shall become vacant if that person ceases to be a member of the National Assembly for any cause other than the dissolution of Parliament.”

“The resignation of these persons as Members of Parliament will inexorably result in their loss of the ministerial portfolio to which they have been assigned,” Nandlall told the News Room in a telephone interview.

The MPs- Joseph Harmon, who holds the portfolio of Minister of State; Carl Greenidge, who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Rupert Roopnaraine, who is the Minister of Public Service, and Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin – have opted to resign over giving up their US and UK citizenship.

The High Court and the Court of Appeal recently ruled that those who hold dual citizenship are not qualified to be Parliamentarians.

Ha ha...the answer lies in the fuzzy math...

Tek it to the court ...thats what yall good for....

Ah shucks, jackass Granger just buss up lilmohan and the chief slopster bag. Dem bannas de hoping fuh like MP wuk after fetching slop can fuh 3 + years with no reward.

ksazma posted:

Good first step. Now he should outdo it with another announcement that he will by all means facilitate elections no later than April 30, 2019. Doing so will buy him back some dignity and respect.

Why should he do so?   The court says that the NCV is invalid.  The CCJ will not deal with the issue.  Suppose they agree with the court in Guyana.

Until the CCJ gives its rulings this will continue as if there was no NCV.

Now what you ought to do is tell Jagdeo to make ALL of his dual citizen MPs resign. Not just Gail, who he wants out of the way as he still hasn't forgiven her for being "disturbed" that he was hanging out too much with drug traffickers.