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Prince Andrew seems not to understand basic civics it turns out.... But he has done something fundamentally illegal...
As i advocated that we should teach basic Civics to all students at secondary school for one term in their seacond year of high school... I didnt realise that he couldnt fire senators either..
OPn the postive side he is degrading the MCOB illuminati hold over the commanding heights of Jamaica economy!
I would advocate getting rid of Andrew for this screw up but given it has taken this long to get this issue it proves that only few people understand the rule!!
Ruel Reid ready to go
But JLP leadership yet to make decision on Senate crisis
BY ALPHEA SAUNDERS Senior staff reporter [email protected]
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
REID… if there is a situation where I can’t serve anymore, then so be it
OPPOSITION Senator Ruel Reid says he is willing to give up his seat to accommodate the return of Arthur Williams or Dr Christopher Tufton to the Senate, in light of last Friday's ruling of the Constitutional Court.
The court ruled that leader of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Andrew Holness acted unconstitutionally when he used pre-signed resignation letters to oust Tufton and Williams from the Senate, just days after he won a bitter leadership challenge from his finance spokesman Audley Shaw.
Holness subsequently appointed Reid, an educator, and businessman Nigel Clarke to fill the two Senate positions.
The JLP could be faced with a crisis as both Reid and Clarke would be required to submit their resignations to the governor general if Tufton and Williams are given the go-ahead by the attorney general, based on the ruling of the Constitutional Court, to retake their Senate seats.
Williams has already directed his lawyers to start the process to have him return to his seat in the Upper House, but Tufton has declined comment on the matter.
Reid told the Jamaica Observer yesterday that he was confident that the party hierarchy would resolve the issue.
"I was asked to serve by the leader of the Opposition, and if there is a situation where I can't serve anymore, then so be it. I was very happy and proud to have served my nation during this period of crisis," he said.
Clarke, the other senator affected, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
The opposition leader, who yesterday met with his shadow Cabinet at JLP headquarters on Belmont Road in Kingston, reportedly held further discussions about the Senate crisis and should be issuing a statement on the matter today.
In the meantime, Friday's scheduled sitting of the Senate could be cancelled if the issue remains unresolved.
Williams filed an eight-point claim in the Supreme Court against Holness in November 2013 after the leader used the unsigned letters to oust himself and Tufton from the Senate.
Williams told the court that the letters, which were signed by JLP senators prior to their Senate appointments, were only to be used if any senator opposed the party's position on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) becoming Jamaica's final court of appeal.
Holness said actions at the time were guided by attorneys-at-law, including Williams. "My overriding consideration, as leader of the Opposition, was in discharge of my duty to safeguard the spirit and intent of the constitutional provisions which provide for the protection of the Constitution from changes which may not be in the best interest of the Jamaican people. My action therefore, in accepting the advice of the claimant, regarding resignation of senators, in that manner, was to ensure the effective administration of the Government for the people, the necessity of which was recognised in the judgement at Paragraph 64," Holness said in a weekend Facebook post.
Yesterday, in another Facebook post, tagged #moralcompass, Holness said: "This is a signal moment in our nation and how I handle it will signal to the nation the kind of leadership I intend to bring to this nation, so I ask you, the moral compass of the church to pray for me, to bear with me and to stand with me as we resolve these very complicated and thorny issues.
As i advocated that we should teach basic Civics to all students at secondary school for one term in their seacond year of high school... I didnt realise that he couldnt fire senators either..
OPn the postive side he is degrading the MCOB illuminati hold over the commanding heights of Jamaica economy!
I would advocate getting rid of Andrew for this screw up but given it has taken this long to get this issue it proves that only few people understand the rule!!
Ruel Reid ready to go
But JLP leadership yet to make decision on Senate crisis
BY ALPHEA SAUNDERS Senior staff reporter [email protected]
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
REID… if there is a situation where I can’t serve anymore, then so be it
OPPOSITION Senator Ruel Reid says he is willing to give up his seat to accommodate the return of Arthur Williams or Dr Christopher Tufton to the Senate, in light of last Friday's ruling of the Constitutional Court.
The court ruled that leader of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Andrew Holness acted unconstitutionally when he used pre-signed resignation letters to oust Tufton and Williams from the Senate, just days after he won a bitter leadership challenge from his finance spokesman Audley Shaw.
Holness subsequently appointed Reid, an educator, and businessman Nigel Clarke to fill the two Senate positions.
The JLP could be faced with a crisis as both Reid and Clarke would be required to submit their resignations to the governor general if Tufton and Williams are given the go-ahead by the attorney general, based on the ruling of the Constitutional Court, to retake their Senate seats.
Williams has already directed his lawyers to start the process to have him return to his seat in the Upper House, but Tufton has declined comment on the matter.
Reid told the Jamaica Observer yesterday that he was confident that the party hierarchy would resolve the issue.
"I was asked to serve by the leader of the Opposition, and if there is a situation where I can't serve anymore, then so be it. I was very happy and proud to have served my nation during this period of crisis," he said.
Clarke, the other senator affected, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
The opposition leader, who yesterday met with his shadow Cabinet at JLP headquarters on Belmont Road in Kingston, reportedly held further discussions about the Senate crisis and should be issuing a statement on the matter today.
In the meantime, Friday's scheduled sitting of the Senate could be cancelled if the issue remains unresolved.
Williams filed an eight-point claim in the Supreme Court against Holness in November 2013 after the leader used the unsigned letters to oust himself and Tufton from the Senate.
Williams told the court that the letters, which were signed by JLP senators prior to their Senate appointments, were only to be used if any senator opposed the party's position on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) becoming Jamaica's final court of appeal.
Holness said actions at the time were guided by attorneys-at-law, including Williams. "My overriding consideration, as leader of the Opposition, was in discharge of my duty to safeguard the spirit and intent of the constitutional provisions which provide for the protection of the Constitution from changes which may not be in the best interest of the Jamaican people. My action therefore, in accepting the advice of the claimant, regarding resignation of senators, in that manner, was to ensure the effective administration of the Government for the people, the necessity of which was recognised in the judgement at Paragraph 64," Holness said in a weekend Facebook post.
Yesterday, in another Facebook post, tagged #moralcompass, Holness said: "This is a signal moment in our nation and how I handle it will signal to the nation the kind of leadership I intend to bring to this nation, so I ask you, the moral compass of the church to pray for me, to bear with me and to stand with me as we resolve these very complicated and thorny issues.
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