From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
How the west was won. and lost
It was bigger than Rowe, says Cliff Hughes
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Observer Senior Reporter Special Coverage Unit specialcoverageunit@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, March 29, 2009
ANALYSTS agree that Daryl Vaz edged out Kenneth Rowe for the West Portland seat in last Monday's by-election through a combination of visibility and performance in his constituency and organisation at the party level.
Cliff Hughes
But more important than what Daryl and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) did, they say, was what Kenneth and the People's National Party (PNP) didn't.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Rowe was rejected in 2002 when he ran on a JLP ticket against the PNP's Errol Ennis. In 2006, he lost the bid to represent the constituency as caretaker to Daryl Vaz. He then defected to the PNP and snatched the candidacy from Abe Dabdoub who lost his court bid to get the seat from Vaz on grounds he had dual citizenship. "
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""More than anything else, I think they would have said that Rowe was a former JLP man who contested two elections - national elections in 2002 and party election in 2005 - in which he lost to Vaz and therefore is a former supporter of the JLP. I think that would probably have more impact on the outcome of the election than the question of dual citizenship because it didn't really come out in any anecdotal information that we have been able to gather," said Anderson."
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
JO - How the West (Portland) was won.
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
How the West (Portland) was won.
Three Portia Simpson Millers could not take me out - Vaz
By Desmond Allen Executive Editor Special Coverage Unit specialcoverageunit@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, March 29, 2009
DARYL Vaz didn't think he was being pompous when he declared on nomination day for the West Portland by-election that he would win by over 2,000 votes. And it didn't bother him that not even close Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) colleagues took him seriously. In the end, he won by 2,294.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Vaz discloses that he worked to convert loyal PNP supporters and did. "They chose performance over loyalty." But he admits to some element of luck, at the expense of Abe Dabdoub, his erstwhile opponent in the general election, and the PNP campaign focus.
"The court action over dual citizenship sensitised the people of West Portland and threw the spotlight on the fact that I was working. They were not going to leave me after that. Got a lot of support and commitment from non-JLP supporters," he says. "
Jamaica Observer
How the West (Portland) was won.
Three Portia Simpson Millers could not take me out - Vaz
By Desmond Allen Executive Editor Special Coverage Unit specialcoverageunit@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, March 29, 2009
DARYL Vaz didn't think he was being pompous when he declared on nomination day for the West Portland by-election that he would win by over 2,000 votes. And it didn't bother him that not even close Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) colleagues took him seriously. In the end, he won by 2,294.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Vaz discloses that he worked to convert loyal PNP supporters and did. "They chose performance over loyalty." But he admits to some element of luck, at the expense of Abe Dabdoub, his erstwhile opponent in the general election, and the PNP campaign focus.
"The court action over dual citizenship sensitised the people of West Portland and threw the spotlight on the fact that I was working. They were not going to leave me after that. Got a lot of support and commitment from non-JLP supporters," he says. "
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
JG - Appeal Court tells all
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
Appeal Court tells all
Published: Sunday March 15, 2009
The Court of Appeal has said in its very detailed reasons for upholding Chief Justice Zaila McCalla's ruling that there should be a by-election in the West Portland constituency, that the "electorate are not to have imposed upon them a person for whom the majority of them did not cast their votes".
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"People's National Party candidate, Abe Dabdoub, had filed an election petition after the September 3, 2007, general election, contending that Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl Vaz had dual citizenship and was not entitled to be an MP.
Chief Justice Zaila McCalla heard the election petition and ruled that because Vaz, who had inherited American citizenship from his mother, obtained a United States passport as an adult and travelled on it, he had pledged allegiance to a foreign power.
The chief justice ruled that Vaz was not eligible to sit in Parliament and ordered a by-election."
Jamaica Gleaner
Appeal Court tells all
Published: Sunday March 15, 2009
The Court of Appeal has said in its very detailed reasons for upholding Chief Justice Zaila McCalla's ruling that there should be a by-election in the West Portland constituency, that the "electorate are not to have imposed upon them a person for whom the majority of them did not cast their votes".
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"People's National Party candidate, Abe Dabdoub, had filed an election petition after the September 3, 2007, general election, contending that Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl Vaz had dual citizenship and was not entitled to be an MP.
Chief Justice Zaila McCalla heard the election petition and ruled that because Vaz, who had inherited American citizenship from his mother, obtained a United States passport as an adult and travelled on it, he had pledged allegiance to a foreign power.
The chief justice ruled that Vaz was not eligible to sit in Parliament and ordered a by-election."
Sunday, April 5, 2009
JO - Court says by-election. Vaz, Dabdoub to face voters again for West Portland seat.
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
Court says by-election
Vaz, Dabdoub to face voters again for West Portland seat
PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com
Saturday, February 28, 2009
WEST Portlanders will be going to the polls in March to select a member of parliament following the Court of Appeal's refusal yesterday to hand over the seat to People's National Party (PNP) candidate Abe Dabdoub who had waged a long and intricate legal battle to unseat the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP's) Daryl Vaz.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Dabdoub had asked justices Seymour Panton, Algernon Smith and Karl Harrison to disqualify Vaz on the ground that Vaz held US citizenship and hand him (Dabdoub) the West Portland seat.
The justices, however, upheld the April 11, 2008 ruling of Chief Justice Zaila McCalla that a by-election be held upon Vaz's disqualification."
"Following the ruling, Vaz, who last year renounced his US citizenship to contest the by-election, said he was relieved that the court did not hand over the seat to Dabdoub."
"A disappointed Jalil Dabdoub, the junior counsel for Abe Dabdoub, said the ruling was a "blow to democracy" and did not rule out the possibility of an appeal to the London-based Privy Council where, according some legal minds, the matter could be taken as a constitutional issue."
Jamaica Observer
Court says by-election
Vaz, Dabdoub to face voters again for West Portland seat
PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com
Saturday, February 28, 2009
WEST Portlanders will be going to the polls in March to select a member of parliament following the Court of Appeal's refusal yesterday to hand over the seat to People's National Party (PNP) candidate Abe Dabdoub who had waged a long and intricate legal battle to unseat the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP's) Daryl Vaz.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Dabdoub had asked justices Seymour Panton, Algernon Smith and Karl Harrison to disqualify Vaz on the ground that Vaz held US citizenship and hand him (Dabdoub) the West Portland seat.
The justices, however, upheld the April 11, 2008 ruling of Chief Justice Zaila McCalla that a by-election be held upon Vaz's disqualification."
"Following the ruling, Vaz, who last year renounced his US citizenship to contest the by-election, said he was relieved that the court did not hand over the seat to Dabdoub."
"A disappointed Jalil Dabdoub, the junior counsel for Abe Dabdoub, said the ruling was a "blow to democracy" and did not rule out the possibility of an appeal to the London-based Privy Council where, according some legal minds, the matter could be taken as a constitutional issue."
Friday, March 20, 2009
JO - Dabdoub going back to court. Wants to verify Vaz's citizenship.
Jamaica Observer
Dabdoub going back to court
Wants to verify Vaz's citizenship
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Abe Dabdoub, whose legal action in 2007 led to the disqualification of Daryl Vaz as the Portland Western member of parliament, said he will be heading to the courts again on Monday to ascertain the veracity of Vaz's citizenship.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Dabdoub, who lost the seat to Vaz in the September 2007 general elections, asked Director of Elections Orette Fisher if he had ascertained whether Vaz is now a Jamaican citizen.
VAZ... went to US Embassy in Kingston in April 2008 to start the process of renouncing his American citizenship
Dabdoub's query was in reference to Vaz's much-publicised act of going to the US Embassy in Kingston to start the process of renouncing his American citizenship in April 2008.
Vaz took the action after Chief Justice Zaila McCalla, on reviewing an election petition brought by Dabdoub, ruled that Vaz was not qualified to sit in the Parliament because he held dual citizenship at the time of the elections."
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"Dabdoub, a former member of the JLP, signalled that he did not believe that Vaz had renounced his US citizenship."
Dabdoub going back to court
Wants to verify Vaz's citizenship
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Abe Dabdoub, whose legal action in 2007 led to the disqualification of Daryl Vaz as the Portland Western member of parliament, said he will be heading to the courts again on Monday to ascertain the veracity of Vaz's citizenship.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Dabdoub, who lost the seat to Vaz in the September 2007 general elections, asked Director of Elections Orette Fisher if he had ascertained whether Vaz is now a Jamaican citizen.
VAZ... went to US Embassy in Kingston in April 2008 to start the process of renouncing his American citizenship
Dabdoub's query was in reference to Vaz's much-publicised act of going to the US Embassy in Kingston to start the process of renouncing his American citizenship in April 2008.
Vaz took the action after Chief Justice Zaila McCalla, on reviewing an election petition brought by Dabdoub, ruled that Vaz was not qualified to sit in the Parliament because he held dual citizenship at the time of the elections."
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"Dabdoub, a former member of the JLP, signalled that he did not believe that Vaz had renounced his US citizenship."
Thursday, March 19, 2009
JG - The mother of all laws
Jamaica Gleaner
The mother of all laws
Published: Sunday March 8, 2009
Lambert Brown, Contributor
Abe Dabdoub must be commended for bringing to the nation's attention the issue that some of our lawmakers possibly are themselves lawbreakers. The constitution of any country is the highest law of the land. The authority for all other laws springs directly from the constitution.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Parliament cannot legally pass any law which conflicts with the Constitution. That is why the Privy Council overruled the Parliament over laws passed by the Caribbean Court of Justice under the previous government."
"Allegations that almost 10 per cent of the members of our House of Representatives are sitting there contrary to the Constitution is frightening. Our leaders have let us down by allowing people not qualified to be members of Parliament to be making laws to bind the rest of the society. These 'strangers' have influenced laws relating to life and death, such as the recent resolution on the death penalty. Can we, as a nation that believes in the rule of law, allow this to continue? A resounding no should be our response. The condoning of this most egregious breach of the Constitution by inaction and obfuscation must be brought to an end with dispatch.
I refuse to believe that our leaders were unaware of requirements of Section 40 of our Constitution."
"One potential benefit of Dabdoub's exposure of the constitutional breach is to make us all more knowledgeable about our Constitution. If, through this, we enjoy growth in nationalism, gain greater respect for our laws, institutions and our citizenship, then our country would indeed owe Dabdoub an even greater debt of gratitude. How we overcome the ignorance is a big challenge which we must face head on as a nation."
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The mother of all laws
Published: Sunday March 8, 2009
Lambert Brown, Contributor
Abe Dabdoub must be commended for bringing to the nation's attention the issue that some of our lawmakers possibly are themselves lawbreakers. The constitution of any country is the highest law of the land. The authority for all other laws springs directly from the constitution.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Parliament cannot legally pass any law which conflicts with the Constitution. That is why the Privy Council overruled the Parliament over laws passed by the Caribbean Court of Justice under the previous government."
"Allegations that almost 10 per cent of the members of our House of Representatives are sitting there contrary to the Constitution is frightening. Our leaders have let us down by allowing people not qualified to be members of Parliament to be making laws to bind the rest of the society. These 'strangers' have influenced laws relating to life and death, such as the recent resolution on the death penalty. Can we, as a nation that believes in the rule of law, allow this to continue? A resounding no should be our response. The condoning of this most egregious breach of the Constitution by inaction and obfuscation must be brought to an end with dispatch.
I refuse to believe that our leaders were unaware of requirements of Section 40 of our Constitution."
"One potential benefit of Dabdoub's exposure of the constitutional breach is to make us all more knowledgeable about our Constitution. If, through this, we enjoy growth in nationalism, gain greater respect for our laws, institutions and our citizenship, then our country would indeed owe Dabdoub an even greater debt of gratitude. How we overcome the ignorance is a big challenge which we must face head on as a nation."
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"The average US congressman or senator is busy drafting and passing laws or participating in hearings with a view to improving governance. It is their knowledge and the full exploitation of their constitution that makes the American congressmen so powerful. It is the absence of such knowledge that makes our parliamentarians appear so infantile and impotent. "
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Lambert Brown is president of the University and Allied Workers' Union, and can be contacted at labpoyh@yahoo.com. Feedback may also be sent to columns@gleanerjm.com.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
JG - Abe doubtful - PNP struggles to find candidate for West Portland
Jamaica Gleaner
Abe doubtful - PNP struggles to find candidate for West Portland
Published: Sunday March 1, 2009
With five days to nomination day in West Portland, the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) is yet to settle on a candidate to face off with Jamaica Labour Party's Daryl Vaz for the seat.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The Court of Appeal ousted the Jamaica Labour party (JAP) Daryl Vaz as Member of Parliament on Friday when it upheld a ruling that Vaz was not eligible to sit in Parliament as he had pledge allegiance to a foreign power.
Vaz at the time of his nomination had American citizenship. He has since renounced it."
Abe doubtful - PNP struggles to find candidate for West Portland
Published: Sunday March 1, 2009
With five days to nomination day in West Portland, the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) is yet to settle on a candidate to face off with Jamaica Labour Party's Daryl Vaz for the seat.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The Court of Appeal ousted the Jamaica Labour party (JAP) Daryl Vaz as Member of Parliament on Friday when it upheld a ruling that Vaz was not eligible to sit in Parliament as he had pledge allegiance to a foreign power.
Vaz at the time of his nomination had American citizenship. He has since renounced it."
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
JO - All ineligible MPs should be removed
Jamaica Observer
All ineligible MPs should be removed
CLAUDE ROBINSON
Sunday, March 01, 2009
THE ruling by the Court of Appeal - upholding Chief Justice Zaila McCalla's ruling that a by-election is the appropriate remedy in the dual citizenship case involving the JLP's West Portland MP Daryl Vaz and the PNP's Abe Dabdoub - has ended speculation about a general election soon.
CLAUDE ROBINSON
Prime Minister Bruce Golding, speaking to reporters shortly after the ruling was handed down Friday morning, said that the "distraction" of the long drawn-out case was now over and a by-election would be held on Monday, March 23.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Of course, the case was more than a 'distraction' as it went to the heart of our constitutional democracy, namely, eligibility for election to the Parliament, the supreme law-making body in the country.
Accordingly, several pressing matters arised from the ruling, including the status of at least five other members of parliament whose eligibility to sit in the House of Representatives must now be under a cloud of constitutional uncertainty.
This group includes three MPs representing the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) namely, Michael Stern (North West Clarendon), Shahine Robinson (North East St Ann) and Gregory Mair (North East St Catherine), all of whom are under challenge in the courts for being 'dual citizens'."
"This constitutional uncertainty surrounding these cases should be cleared up immediately because, at this stage, there can be no doubt about the meaning of the rulings, first by the chief justice and now by the full Court of Appeal comprising President Seymour Panton, Justice Algernon Smith and Justice Karl Harrison: Any person sitting in Parliament who was eligible to be elected should vacate the seat and a by-election held.
At issue now is whether those persons who know they are in violation of the constitution should so declare and voluntarily step aside, or whether each case should wind through the long, legal process (evidenced in West Portland). I believe they should step aside so the constitution can be respected in the observance rather than in the breach."
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"In April 2008, Chief Justice Zaila McCalla ruled that JLP's West Portland MP Daryl Vaz was not eligible to be a member of parliament because he was a US citizen at the time of the election in September 2007. She ruled that there should be a by-election in the constituency of West Portland, which Vaz represented in Parliament.
The chief justice ruled that by virtue of the fact that Mr Vaz obtained an American passport when he was an adult and travelled on it, he had, "by his own action", pledged allegiance to a foreign power in clear violation of the constitutional provisions regarding eligibility to contest national elections in Jamaica."
All ineligible MPs should be removed
CLAUDE ROBINSON
Sunday, March 01, 2009
THE ruling by the Court of Appeal - upholding Chief Justice Zaila McCalla's ruling that a by-election is the appropriate remedy in the dual citizenship case involving the JLP's West Portland MP Daryl Vaz and the PNP's Abe Dabdoub - has ended speculation about a general election soon.
CLAUDE ROBINSON
Prime Minister Bruce Golding, speaking to reporters shortly after the ruling was handed down Friday morning, said that the "distraction" of the long drawn-out case was now over and a by-election would be held on Monday, March 23.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Of course, the case was more than a 'distraction' as it went to the heart of our constitutional democracy, namely, eligibility for election to the Parliament, the supreme law-making body in the country.
Accordingly, several pressing matters arised from the ruling, including the status of at least five other members of parliament whose eligibility to sit in the House of Representatives must now be under a cloud of constitutional uncertainty.
This group includes three MPs representing the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) namely, Michael Stern (North West Clarendon), Shahine Robinson (North East St Ann) and Gregory Mair (North East St Catherine), all of whom are under challenge in the courts for being 'dual citizens'."
"This constitutional uncertainty surrounding these cases should be cleared up immediately because, at this stage, there can be no doubt about the meaning of the rulings, first by the chief justice and now by the full Court of Appeal comprising President Seymour Panton, Justice Algernon Smith and Justice Karl Harrison: Any person sitting in Parliament who was eligible to be elected should vacate the seat and a by-election held.
At issue now is whether those persons who know they are in violation of the constitution should so declare and voluntarily step aside, or whether each case should wind through the long, legal process (evidenced in West Portland). I believe they should step aside so the constitution can be respected in the observance rather than in the breach."
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"In April 2008, Chief Justice Zaila McCalla ruled that JLP's West Portland MP Daryl Vaz was not eligible to be a member of parliament because he was a US citizen at the time of the election in September 2007. She ruled that there should be a by-election in the constituency of West Portland, which Vaz represented in Parliament.
The chief justice ruled that by virtue of the fact that Mr Vaz obtained an American passport when he was an adult and travelled on it, he had, "by his own action", pledged allegiance to a foreign power in clear violation of the constitutional provisions regarding eligibility to contest national elections in Jamaica."
JO - Court ruling gives us a chance to work together
Jamaica Observer
Court ruling gives us a chance to work together
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Dear Editor,
The ruling on Friday of the Court of Appeal in the landmark dual citizenship case of Dabdoub vs Vaz has upheld the Chief Justice's ruling of a by-election.
Read the whole letter here.
Daryl Vaz
Court ruling gives us a chance to work together
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Dear Editor,
The ruling on Friday of the Court of Appeal in the landmark dual citizenship case of Dabdoub vs Vaz has upheld the Chief Justice's ruling of a by-election.
Read the whole letter here.
Daryl Vaz
Thursday, February 26, 2009
JG - Awaiting the ruling: West Portland not tuned in to Dabdoub
Jamaica Gleaner
Awaiting the ruling: West Portland not tuned in to Dabdoub
Published: Sunday February 22, 2009
Daraine Luton, Staff Reporter
FROM THE fledgling sea-coast towns to the rustic hills of West Portland, residents appear to be speaking in one voice.
They say Daryl Vaz was elected member of Parliament (MP) by the majority of voters in the September 2007 general election and he should be allowed to continue the job he has started.
The Court of Appeal is expected to rule soon on whether Vaz should remain in the seat, or if Abe Dabdoub should take over.
Read the whole article here.
Awaiting the ruling: West Portland not tuned in to Dabdoub
Published: Sunday February 22, 2009
Daraine Luton, Staff Reporter
FROM THE fledgling sea-coast towns to the rustic hills of West Portland, residents appear to be speaking in one voice.
They say Daryl Vaz was elected member of Parliament (MP) by the majority of voters in the September 2007 general election and he should be allowed to continue the job he has started.
The Court of Appeal is expected to rule soon on whether Vaz should remain in the seat, or if Abe Dabdoub should take over.
Read the whole article here.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
JG - Dual-citizenship case ruling within days
Jamaica Gleaner
Dual-citizenship case ruling within days
Published: Sunday February 8, 2009
Vaz (left) and Dabdoub.
Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter
AS ANTICIPATION mounts about the court's ruling on the appeal in the dual-citizenship case which People's National Party (PNP) candidate Abe Dabdoub has brought against Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl Vaz, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that a ruling will be handed down within days.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Dabdoub had filed an election petition after the general election on September 3, 2007, claiming that Vaz was not entitled to be a member of parliament because he was an American citizen and the holder of a United States passport."
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"Chief Justice Zaila McCalla heard the matter in the Supreme Court and in April last year ruled that although Vaz had inherited citizenship through his mother, who was an American citizen, he had obtained a passport, travelled on it and, therefore, was not entitled to be an MP. "
Dual-citizenship case ruling within days
Published: Sunday February 8, 2009
Vaz (left) and Dabdoub.
Barbara Gayle, Staff Reporter
AS ANTICIPATION mounts about the court's ruling on the appeal in the dual-citizenship case which People's National Party (PNP) candidate Abe Dabdoub has brought against Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl Vaz, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that a ruling will be handed down within days.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Dabdoub had filed an election petition after the general election on September 3, 2007, claiming that Vaz was not entitled to be a member of parliament because he was an American citizen and the holder of a United States passport."
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"Chief Justice Zaila McCalla heard the matter in the Supreme Court and in April last year ruled that although Vaz had inherited citizenship through his mother, who was an American citizen, he had obtained a passport, travelled on it and, therefore, was not entitled to be an MP. "
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