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Dr. Peter Phillips to face the music on June 21
2011-06-07 17:24:22 |
The Jamaican Parliament will on June 21 debate a censure motion against the East Central St. Andrew Member of Parliament Dr. Peter Phillips.
The motion was moved by the MP for North East St Catherine Gregory Mair three months ago.
It followed the revelation that as minister of national security, Dr. Phillips had signed two alleged secret Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of the government.
The MoUs were signed with the United States Government, but neither the Cabinet nor the Jamaican Prime Minister at the time PJ Patterson was told about the documents.
The debate on the motion was pushed back on the request of the chairman of the Dudus-Manatt Commission, Emil George.
George had asked the Parliament to delay the debate because the sittings of the enquiry were still in progress and the Commission had not yet submitted its report.
The Commission submitted its report to the Governor General yesterday.
Everald Warmington, the MP for South West St. Catherine, today again objected to the request of the Dudus-Manatt Commission Chairman to delay the debate on the censure motion.
Warmington said the House should not take directives from an entity outside the Parliament and again labelled the Commission a circus.
However Warmington withdrew the comment after being asked to do so by the Speaker of the House, Delroy Chuck.
The <span style="font-weight: bold">controversial MoUs which allow for the sharing of information by the US and Jamaica in the fight against transnational crimes was a main feature at the Dudus-Manatt enquiry</span>.
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2011-06-07 17:24:22 |
The Jamaican Parliament will on June 21 debate a censure motion against the East Central St. Andrew Member of Parliament Dr. Peter Phillips.
The motion was moved by the MP for North East St Catherine Gregory Mair three months ago.
It followed the revelation that as minister of national security, Dr. Phillips had signed two alleged secret Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of the government.
The MoUs were signed with the United States Government, but neither the Cabinet nor the Jamaican Prime Minister at the time PJ Patterson was told about the documents.
The debate on the motion was pushed back on the request of the chairman of the Dudus-Manatt Commission, Emil George.
George had asked the Parliament to delay the debate because the sittings of the enquiry were still in progress and the Commission had not yet submitted its report.
The Commission submitted its report to the Governor General yesterday.
Everald Warmington, the MP for South West St. Catherine, today again objected to the request of the Dudus-Manatt Commission Chairman to delay the debate on the censure motion.
Warmington said the House should not take directives from an entity outside the Parliament and again labelled the Commission a circus.
However Warmington withdrew the comment after being asked to do so by the Speaker of the House, Delroy Chuck.
The <span style="font-weight: bold">controversial MoUs which allow for the sharing of information by the US and Jamaica in the fight against transnational crimes was a main feature at the Dudus-Manatt enquiry</span>.
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