{"id":337169,"date":"2025-02-19T16:09:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=337169"},"modified":"2025-02-19T16:09:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:09:32","slug":"pm-intends-three-pieces-of-electoral-reform-legislation-to-be-passed-into-law-as-soon-as-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/electoral-reform\/pm-intends-three-pieces-of-electoral-reform-legislation-to-be-passed-into-law-as-soon-as-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"PM intends three pieces of electoral reform legislation to be passed into law as soon as March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_337170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337170\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-337170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/parliamentary-building.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parliamentary building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that his government will go to parliament in March to have three pieces of legislation passed into law with respect to electoral reform.<\/p>\n<p>He made the disclosure during a press conference held recently.<\/p>\n<p>Three bills on electoral reform in Dominica, namely the Electoral Commission Bill 2024, House of Assembly Elections Bill 2024, and Registration of Electors Bill 2024, were presented in parliament on December 16, 2024, for the first reading.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn respect to the electoral reform, we are hoping that we can go to parliament in the month of March to have these three pieces of legislation passed into law and to give the electoral commission the authority to effect the provisions of the law and to allow for electoral reform to be completed in Dominica,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Skerrit, a parliamentary committee was established consisting of six members of the opposition and 12 members on the government&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, it\u2019s a two-to-one committee. In terms of the proposition of the parliament it is extremely fair,\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n<p>He further pointed out that Honourable Dr. Vince Henderson will act as \u00a0co-chair on the government\u2019s side while Honourable Jesma Paul-Victor Parliamentary Representative for the Salisbury Constituency as the other co-chair, \u201c to ensure that all views can contend and there is balance in the chairing and consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat this committee has been charged with is to visit and to look at all of the recommendations the various stakeholders have made post the publication of the Bills, on the government website, and those Bills that have been taken to parliament for first reading, and to see which of these suggestions\/recommendations could be considered for inclusion in the draft Bills that will go before the parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skerrit noted that this will be the final public consultation exercise.<\/p>\n<p>He said the public will be informed on the particular date in March soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that his government will go to parliament in March to have three pieces of legislation passed into law with respect to electoral reform. 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