{"id":306869,"date":"2023-08-15T18:04:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=306869"},"modified":"2023-08-15T22:37:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T02:37:49","slug":"legal-fraternity-weighs-in-on-electoral-reform-report-at-govt-organized-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/legal-fraternity-weighs-in-on-electoral-reform-report-at-govt-organized-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal fraternity weighs in on electoral reform report at gov&#8217;t-organized consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_306870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306870\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-306870\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gildon-richards-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"428\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gildon Richards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attorney-at-law Gildon Richards said he believes that elections in Dominica should be held at a fixed date and month every five years. He was delivering remarks during the government&#8217;s first group consultation, organized for members of the legal fraternity, which was held at the State House Conference Center on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI believe there should be a fixed date for election at a fixed month every five years,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe that this is one of the most fundamental changes we need to make if we are going to have true control as a people for our election process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attorney Richards continued, \u201cI do not believe, and it\u2019s not personal what I am going to say, I do not believe the Prime Minister should hold the election date in his pocket at his convenience to be declared whenever he so chooses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added, \u201cAnybody could see the unfairness in this because the Prime Minister is likely to choose the date that is more suitable for him, but most inconvenient to his opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said serious consideration should be given to this recommendation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Attorney Richards indicated that he is in favour of the use of identification cards for elections but said he favours voter ID cards as opposed to multipurpose national ID cards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBecause voter ID cards are the only cards the commission has jurisdiction to issue,\u201d he stated. \u201cWe cannot go into a next election without giving effect to the laws on the books now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleaning up the voters list is another point he raised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe law is there, it\u2019s the enforcement of the law that is being delayed and is being delayed by a re-denial of resources to the electoral commission to do those simple things for us to have free, transparent, and honest elections,\u201d Richards remarked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The attorney said he failed to understand why Justice Dennis Byron would recommend National Identification Cards after he made some strong points against it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI respect Justice Byron very much, but I think in this regard he has made a fundamental error,\u201d Richards contended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justice Byron was tasked by the Government of Dominica to be the sole commissioner to advance efforts towards electoral reform in Dominica. His final report was presented to various groups and organizations including NGOs, media houses, churches, political parties, trade unions, among others at a function held at the State House Conference Centre on Wednesday, June 21.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attorney General Levi Peter explained that the report is presented in two phases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first phase focuses on cleansing the voters list with emphasis on voter identification and the voter registration system and the second aspect includes a legislation framework comprised of two bills, namely the Draft Registration of Electors Bill 2023 which repeals the Registration of Electors Act, Chapter 2:03 and the consequential Draft Registration of Electors Regulations, 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn his [Sir Dennis Byron] opinion, these pieces of legislation are necessary to modernize the current electoral system and to bring it into conformity with international best practice,\u201d Attorney Peter explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cSir Dennis described phase 2 of his report as addressing the electoral process and 1. That focuses primarily on access to the media and campaign financing. 2. The electoral commission, and that focuses on the composition of the commission as he proposes it should be, its financial autonomy, its staffing, appointment of committees, the process for resignation from that commission, and the protection of its members from suit, and the 3rd aspect is new legislation which sir Dennis, accompanying his report, has provided four pieces of legislation that he proposes should be enacted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the House of Assembly Act 2023, the House of Assembly Regulations 2023, The House of Assembly Elections Petition Rules 2023, and the Electoral Commission Bill of 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Attorney-at-law Gildon Richards said he believes that elections in Dominica should be held at a fixed date and month every five years. 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