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| St. Kitts and Nevis' Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas; Mr. Clyde Christopher of the St. Kitts Teachers Union; Director of Youth, Mr. Geoffrey Hanley; Mr. Stanley Franks of the St.Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union and Mr. Herman Liburd of the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP). |
BASSETERRE, St. KITTS, AUGUST 3RD 2006 - St. Kitts and Nevis' Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas met Thursday afternoon with members of the National Advisory Electoral Reform and Boundaries Committee, which includes representatives of the parliamentary political parties in the National Assembly.
Prime Minister Douglas briefed members and exchanged ideas on the role the Committee is expected to play
Present were the Committee's Chairman, Mr. Raphael Archibald, M.B.E.; Rev.
Oldain Charles of the St. Kitts Evangelical Association; Pastor Eversley Pemberton of the Nevis Evangelical Association; Mr. Stanley Franks of the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union; Mr. Clyde Christopher of the St.
Kitts Teachers Union; Mr. Franklyn Brand of the St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce; Mrs. Patricia Dublin-Lewis of the St. Kitts and Nevis Bar Association and Director of Youth, Mr. Geoffrey Hanley.
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| (At table (left to right) - Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) representative, Theodore Hobson; Committee Chairman, Mr. Raphael Archibald, MBE; behind (left to right) - Pastor Eversley Pemberton of the Nevis Evangelical Association; Mr. Franklyn Brand of the St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce; Rev. Oldain Charles of the St. Kitts Evangelical Association; Mrs. Patricia Dublin-Lewis of the St. Kitts and Nevis Bar Association; St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party representative, Mrs. Eugenie Condor; Chief Secretary, Mr. Joseph Edmeade and Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Sam Condor. |
The parliamentary political parties present and their representatives were the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP), represented by barrister, Herman Liburd; Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) represented by barrister, Theodore Hobson and the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, represented by Mrs. Eugenie Condor.
The People's Action Movement (PAM), although invited to be represented on the Committee did not attend.
This Committee would receive the report from the Electoral Reform Consultative Committee and this report will form the basis of its work.
This committee would be expected to draw on its own expertise to elucidate the issues raised in public consultations and determine whether recommendations represent a practical response to the issues of concern and in cases where no recommendations have been made it would be expected to make recommendations. This committee is expected to present to the Parliamentary Constitutional & Electoral Reform and Boundaries Committee recommendations on how best the proposed reforms can be approached along with the foregoing in a detailed report.
In instances where this committee considers it necessary, it may commission research or call for experts to present information that would help elucidate issues that have been presented to it.
~~Adz:Left~~Hours after presenting the White Paper on Electoral Reform in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly on Tuesday, Prime Minister Douglas met with members of the Electoral Reform Consultative Committee which is chaired by Mr. Elvis Newton and comprises Mr. Clement "Bouncin" Williams, Mr. Clifford Thomas, Mr. Douglas Wattley, Mr. Elvin Bailey, Mr. Clive Bacchus and Ms.
Mutryce Williams.
That Committee is expected to solicit the views of the general public to facilitate the broadest possible consultation.
This Committee is also expected to convene public meetings throughout the Federation and at these sessions it would invite persons to express concerns they might have relating to the electoral system and receive recommendations relating to modifications that people believe would make the system function better and it should also promote discussion on the type of electoral system that would be preferred by citizens who have concerns.
