{"id":23502,"date":"2010-12-16T07:41:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T11:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=23502"},"modified":"2010-12-16T10:33:12","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T14:33:12","slug":"commentary-the-overreach-of-the-constitution-on-the-dual-citizenship-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-the-overreach-of-the-constitution-on-the-dual-citizenship-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: The overreach of the constitution on the dual citizenship matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_23503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23503\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23503\" title=\"skerrit-horz\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/skerrit-horz-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/skerrit-horz-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/skerrit-horz-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/skerrit-horz.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Skerrit, prime minister, and Green, UWP political leader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ron Green\u2019s announcement that he renounced his US citizenship prior to the 2009 General Election has once again brought the fore to the debate concerning the dual citizenship clause which is entrenched in the constitution of Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>This debate has been raging and has reached near fever pitch when it was revealed that Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit holds French citizenship in addition to being a Dominican.<\/p>\n<p>In this time and age if Mr. Skerrit (or any member of our legislature) is ousted from his constituency because of the dual citizenship prohibition, it should be the last straw on that matter in our constitution. The people of his constituency would be deprived of their choice of political representation, not because he failed in his duties, or abused his prerogatives, but because he is holding a foreign citizenship in addition to his Dominican citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>One of the maddening paradoxes of the dual citizenship matter is that the prohibitions would not apply had Mr. Skerrit been a \u201cCommonwealth citizen,\u201d whatever this archaic concept means today. For reasons that are unexplained and possibly indefensible, the presumption in our constitution seems to be that a dual citizen from any Commonwealth country, no matter how remote from Dominica, would be more loyal than a person holding dual citizenship in a non-Commonwealth country. This means that someone from the mountains of Tanzania, a member of the Commonwealth, is actually eligible to hold political office and run for election in Dominica, although that person might not necessarily know a whole lot about the country. According to the constitution, the only prerequisite is that the person should be living in Dominica \u201cfor a period of twelve months immediately before the date of his nomination for election\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In essence the constitution is presuming that the person from the mountains of Tanzania would be more loyal to Dominica than someone who holds citizenship from a non-Commonwealth country. Does that make sense?<\/p>\n<p>Along the same lines, and equally maddening, is the politically correct belief that only persons who are obliged by their sole Dominican citizenship to &#8220;live out their decisions&#8221; have the requisite loyalty to be members of our legislature. In other words only those who cannot run away when things get bad (maybe because of their actions when in office) are fit to be our political leaders. But this is clearly inconsistent with the facts. As evidenced by the size of the diaspora, many Dominicans, especially those qualified to be representatives, have, and will continue to have, substantial opportunities to migrate to, and to secure citizenship, in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>And I am pretty much sure that former members of our legislature have migrated and secured citizenship in non-Commonwealth countries. No one is forced to stay and live out their decisions<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nFundamental problem <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to these inconsistencies, there is a fundamental problem with the dual citizenship clause. I think it is essentially undemocratic. It reflects a fundamental distrust in the ability of the people to weigh the facts and to freely choose their representatives. In effect the constitution is dictating who it thinks is best for us to elect.<\/p>\n<p>This overreach in the constitution is not unique to Dominica. Many other \u201cCommonwealth\u201d countries are currently wrestling with this very issue. Communist countries typically allow only party members on the ballot. Similarly, some Islamic countries require all candidates to be practicing Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>It is my belief that Dominica should not continue similar arbitrary anachronistic practices. That clause was squeezed into our constitution (and the constitutions of other so-called \u201cCommonwealth\u201d countries) by our colonial masters in an attempt to preserve some vestige of their once great empire. Such practice can only deprive our country of the best possible representation. After all, at this point in time, one of our most significant problems is the lack of adequate, legislative leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ron Green\u2019s announcement that he renounced his US citizenship prior to the 2009 General Election has once again brought the fore to the debate concerning the dual citizenship clause which is entrenched in the constitution of Dominica. 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