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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : The President of the...ahine (RJR)...</span>
The President of the Marcus Garvey People's Political Party which is fielding a candidate for the December 20 North East St. Ann by-election is questioning the legitimacy of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate to contest the up coming poll.Shahine Robinson, the JLP Member of Parliament for the constituency, was ousted from the seat in October after she admitted that she was an American citizen at the time she was nominated for the 2007 general election.The governing JLP has selected Mrs. Robinson to run again after she reportedly renounced her US citizenship.However, while addressing supporters in St. Ann Wednesday night, Michael Lorne, President of the Marcus Garvey People's Political Party, which is fielding Devon Evans to run against Mrs. Robinson, questioned whether she was duly nominated on December 3 for the December 20 polls."Shahine Robinson, who was nominated on December 3, is not qualified to sit in the House of Parliament," said Mr. Lorne.He added that there is no evidence that Mrs. Robinson has fulfilled all the legal requirements to run for the seat.Justice Minister has to restore Robinson's J'can status He further argued that there is no evidence that the Minister of Justice has restored her Jamaican citizenship status under the Jamaica Nationality Act."The Jamaica Nationality Act which says the Minister of Justice, may at his discretion, and in the prescribed manner, cause citizenship of Jamaica to be restored to any person who: a) was a citizen of Jamaica by birth, decent or adoption; b) has renounced that citizenship and c), has made applications to the minister in prescribed manner for the restoration of that citizenship. You can't just go and renounce your American citizenship and come back and say you're going to run ... even if you were a citizen by birth," Mr. Lorne said.http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...61508393892390
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : The President of the...ahine (RJR)...</span>
The President of the Marcus Garvey People's Political Party which is fielding a candidate for the December 20 North East St. Ann by-election is questioning the legitimacy of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate to contest the up coming poll.Shahine Robinson, the JLP Member of Parliament for the constituency, was ousted from the seat in October after she admitted that she was an American citizen at the time she was nominated for the 2007 general election.The governing JLP has selected Mrs. Robinson to run again after she reportedly renounced her US citizenship.However, while addressing supporters in St. Ann Wednesday night, Michael Lorne, President of the Marcus Garvey People's Political Party, which is fielding Devon Evans to run against Mrs. Robinson, questioned whether she was duly nominated on December 3 for the December 20 polls."Shahine Robinson, who was nominated on December 3, is not qualified to sit in the House of Parliament," said Mr. Lorne.He added that there is no evidence that Mrs. Robinson has fulfilled all the legal requirements to run for the seat.Justice Minister has to restore Robinson's J'can status He further argued that there is no evidence that the Minister of Justice has restored her Jamaican citizenship status under the Jamaica Nationality Act."The Jamaica Nationality Act which says the Minister of Justice, may at his discretion, and in the prescribed manner, cause citizenship of Jamaica to be restored to any person who: a) was a citizen of Jamaica by birth, decent or adoption; b) has renounced that citizenship and c), has made applications to the minister in prescribed manner for the restoration of that citizenship. You can't just go and renounce your American citizenship and come back and say you're going to run ... even if you were a citizen by birth," Mr. Lorne said.http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...61508393892390