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Published 23 January 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Prominent Kittitian accuses Speaker Michael Perkins of “gross incompetence”

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 23, 2018 – A prominent Kittitian has labelled as “gross incompetence” and “cannot be an act of good governance” the actions by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Michael Perkins, during Tuesday’s sitting of the lawmaking body.
“…in St. Kitts and Nevis, a democratically-elected parliamentarian and Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition is suspended for a full session of the House because he did not fall over his feet to get out of the Assembly room on the request of the Speaker of the House, it does boggle the mind,” said former United Nations economist, Mrs. Willa Liburd.

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Published 23 January 2018

Buckie Got It, St.kitts and Nevis News Source

By Valencia Grant, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis

Press Release No. 348

AG’S OFFICE SEEKS HIGH COURT RELIEF TO DECLARE THAT DR. DOUGLAS, BY HIS OWN ACT, HAS VACATED HIS ST. KITTS-NEVIS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SEAT

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JANUARY 23RD, 2018 (PRESS SEC) — The Office of the Attorney General – having considered expert legal advice from senior counsel – gave instructions to institute legal proceedings on the matter of the Leader of the Opposition and Member of Parliament for Saint Christopher #6, Dr. Denzil Douglas having held and used a passport issued by a foreign state – and yesterday, Monday, January 22nd, 2018, a Fixed Date Claim Form (#8 of 2018) was filed in the High Court Registry at 11:35am.

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