{"id":319613,"date":"2024-03-27T10:38:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=319613"},"modified":"2024-03-27T10:38:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:38:46","slug":"pm-skerrit-going-with-electoral-reform-full-blast-parliament-to-pass-legislation-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/pm-skerrit-going-with-electoral-reform-full-blast-parliament-to-pass-legislation-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Skerrit going with electoral reform &#8216;full blast&#8217;; parliament to pass legislation soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_319614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319614\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-319614\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Prime-Minister-Roosevelt-Skerrit-642x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-319614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that his government will soon go to Parliament to pass the necessary legislation for the implementation of electoral reform for Dominica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He made the disclosure during a press conference held recently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caribbean Jurist Sir Dennis 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, and trade unions, among others during a function held at the State House Conference Centre on Wednesday, June 21.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the final presentation of the report, these various groups and organizations participated in a series of consultations for electoral reform at various locations on the island on specific days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI believe all things considered, by the second week of April we will present to the public by publication of the recommendations on the government website and make it available to all and sundry, so that they can be aware of what we are proposing to take to Parliament in respect to electoral reform,\u201d Skerrit said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cFollowing which, as required by law, we will submit that to the electoral commission and then once we receive word from the electoral commission, we will go to Parliament to pass the legislation and to give the electoral commission the legal authority by Parliament to process with implementing the electoral reform measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, he indicated that with respect to the electoral reform, the Attorney General and a team have gone through the proposal submitted by Sir Dennis Byron in a very scrupulous manner and also looked at all of the comments and suggestions which came out from the very expansive and engaging national consultation, \u201cand in addition to that, taking into consideration observations and comments we received thus far from the international observers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd so, the Attorney General has gone through this and there are recommendations on what we believe should go to parliament for consideration,\u201d Skerrit explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to that, Skerrit said his government will ensure that the necessary budgetary allocations will be made in the upcoming budget to allow for the electoral commission to have the resources to implement electoral reform measures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am satisfied that we will go to Parliament before the end of the financial year and before we present the 2024-2025 budget to the country,\u201d he stated. \u201cIt is important that we go ahead with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Skerrit hopes that the people who said they want electoral reform and are genuinely interested in electoral reform, \u201cwill understand that we have to move and move with implementing those things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He went on to state that there are other issues in the Sir Byron report and some of which came out from the consultation which have implications for the constitution, so far as constitutional amendments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur view is that we can achieve our objectives based on what the citizens of Dominica are saying where electoral reform is concerned without having to interfere with the constitution,\u201d Skerrit explained. \u201cAnd if we were to interfere with the constitution at this stage then there will be a prolonged process, because there are provisions in the constitution which require you to go through a referendum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meantime, the Prime Minister made it clear to the public that he wants electoral reform for Dominica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRest assured that Roosevelt Skerrit as Prime Minister absolutely wants electoral reform,\u201d he said. \u201cI absolutely want it dealt with once and for all and I absolutely want it to go before the budget address of 2024 and to get this out of the way and let us focus on equally important things that are affecting the people of Dominica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added, \u201cI want to say to the people of Dominica that nothing is going to stop me from bringing about electoral reform in Dominica. 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