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."
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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."
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."
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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