Scott, Felix illegally occupied seats in Parliament ꟷ Court rules
The Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled that Minister within the Social Protection Ministry, Keith Scott, and Citizenship Minister Winston Felix illegally occupied seats in Parliament as they were elected as part of the APNU/ AFC coalition’s list of national candidates.
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This ruling reaffirmed the late Chief Justice Ian Chang’s ruling in February 2016, which the APNU/+AFC administration had appealed contending that Chang’s was bad in law and a breach of the principles of natural justice.
The coalition government also argued through its lawyers that at the time of delivering the ruling, Chang, who was the outgoing Chief Justice, was functus officio.
This term is used especially to define an officer who is no longer in office or of an instrument that has fulfilled its purpose.
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