To the Courts!

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It started in 2018 after the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) handed the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) and the third parties an unprecedented 30 to zero drubbing in the general election. Many still believe a constitutional crisis was averted when Bishop Joe Atherley crossed the floor and a Leader of the Opposition (LoO) was recognized to ensure the business of parliament as outlined in the Constitution was carried out.

Who would have thunk it?

Prime Minister Mottley called a snap general election 18 months early and repeated a 30 to love win on 19 January 2022. On this occasion, no sitting MP seems willing to follow in the Bishop’s footsteps. The President of the Republic is unwilling to exercise discretion to appoint 2 Opposition Senators. Prime Minister Mottley in her infinite wisdom magnanimously has started the process to amend the Barbados Constitution to allow for the appointment of the 2 Opposition Senators from the losing political party that garnered the most votes. If that party refuses the opportunity to appoint slides to the next losing party. 

Here we are!

The news former Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite filed a motion with the Court to rule on the legitimacy of the Senate should not surprise political pundits if one listened to the position of interim President of the DLP Steve Blackett. With the amendment to the Constitution proceeding in the parliament the DLP would eventually be forced into position of accepting the offer to appoint 2 Opposition Senators which would contradict the publicly stated position of the DLP represented by interim President Steve Blackett. 

A couple interesting sidebar observations. The former AG Brathwaite is being represented by attorneys-at-law Garth Patterson and Michelle Russell. Last week Brasstacks talk show host Glyne Murray observed the lawyers keeping the most ‘noise’ in the Barbados space on the the constitutionality of parliament are of Jamaican lineage. In fairness to Russell and Patterson they have been residing in Barbados for a long time, however, the blogmaster understands Murray’s point given the large cohort of Barbadians lawyers educated with our tax dollars.

One of the reasons forwarded why Mottley called an early general election was to quell an uprising by a faction in the BLP. Is it reasonable to opine if a few BLP MPs are dissatisfied with Mottley’s leadership a golden opportunity now presents itself for the malcontents to express themselves by crossing the floor or sounding their voices?

Political Games

The matter has gone the route of the Court and whatever the decision at first instance is will likely progress to the CCJ. What we have is a people suffering from economic fatigue, COVID-19 fatigue and you may add to the maladies, post election fatigue. Is this another opportunities to blame lawyers? 

Former Brathwaite in his released stated in part that he felt “compelled to seek the intervention of the Courts to resolve this controversy, one that centres around issues of vital national importance, and goes to the root of our democracy.” The blogmaster notes the former AG has advised that the matter is being brought in his capacity as a private citizen. How convenient!

Why did this extract from Brathwaite’s statement pique the interest of the blogmaster? Under Brathwaite’s tenure as AG with responsibility for the judiciary, he left it in a worse condition than he found it. The political games that lawyer politicians play mean an already congested court system has to adjudicate a matter created by lawyers. 

494 thoughts on “To the Courts!”


  1. Fuss over senators need not be

    Some years ago a lecturer at law school suggested to students that when a client comes to you with a problem, he is not interested in how much law you know – he only wants a solution to his problem.
    I reflected on that advice during the ongoing saga and came to the conclusion that Government could easily abandon its misplaced congeniality to an 18-year-old and appoint someone who qualifies to be in the Senate, allow the President to make the nominations from the opposition party and let’s get on with the business of governance.
    By the way, I was probably the only one in 2018 who thought Bishop [Joseph] Atherley had done this country a great service. Events now have merely underscored the point.
    – Errol E. Niles


    Source: Nation

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  2. The ‘Irish Solution’ is not applicable

    By Ezra Alleyne

    The big political event of recent times for me is an article written by Garth Patterson QC, alleging that the Barbados Senate was improperly constituted.
    Of recent times, Patterson has written some articles on public affairs which I have read. This one captioned The Irish Solution prompts my attention. It raises a challenging point rooted in the deeper interstices of the Constitution.
    I regard this latest article by Patterson as continuing in the tradition of raising public awareness of constitutional issues. However, I have serious questions about some of his observations.
    My learned friend in his article last Sunday (February 6) focused on the sections mainly on Sections 35 and 36 of the Constitution.
    Section 36 says that there SHALL be 21 senators, two of whom are appointed by the Leader of the Opposition. But there is no Leader of the Opposition. Eighteen senators only have been appointed as the Government proposes to change the Constitution to lower the age for appointment to the Senate to 18 years to accommodate its 12th senatorial appointee.
    The real problem, if it is one, has arisen because the Democratic Labour Party for the second time, did not win any seats in the Lower House. So that there is no Leader of the Opposition, who must come from the Lower House.
    Since two of the senators, though appointed formally by the President, have to be nominated by the Leader of the Opposition, we are in a real sense driving down into a constitutional cul-de-sac. The question is: How do we escape from this seeming dead end.
    Patterson argues that the Senate is not properly constituted because we do not have all 21 seats in the Senate filled.
    Different process
    Cutting to the chase, Patterson suggests an Irish case as a precedent which he presents as The Irish Solution. That case also arose after a general election, but in Ireland the Senate is partly elected and partly nominated.
    After a two-month delay, ten of the elected senators filed a case asking if they could proceed to begin sittings of the Senate only with the elected senators. The court was asked to rule on whether they, the elected senators, could legally sit and do their business lawfully without the nominated element of 11 senators.
    The court held that they could not. The nominated element was there to ensure that any incoming Prime Minister could nominate his supporters as senators to counterbalance the elected senators.
    But the task of choosing a Prime Minister took a whole two months. Under their proportional representational
    system, one party had 38 seats the other got 35 seats and the third party secured 23 seats.
    We wisely practise first past the post. In any event, before the case was fully heard, the Lower House chose a Prime Minister and that solved the problem. The court, however, gave its decision because of the general importance of the point.
    I do not regard the Irish Solution as an applicable precedent, but since a local case has now been filed I will be restrained in my comments even on the article.
    Key issues
    The local courts may need to look at certain matters. Among these I anticipate will be: 1. The duty of the head of state given the circumstances which have arisen.
    2. Section 34H (I) of the Constitution which protects the President’s actions from being questioned in a court of law may be important. Its impact on the case may be crucial.
    3. If we get past point 2 above, then a related issue will be the interpretation of section 75a of the Constitution and its relationship to the earlier sections of the Constitution such as Sec 35, 26, 50(2) and Sections 61. The provision of Section 75 reads as follows: When there is a vacancy in the office of leader of the Opposition, by reason of the fact that no person is both qualified in accordance with the Constitution and willing to accept appointment to that office, the President shall act in her discretion.
    The question is what does that section cover? Can it cover a situation where there is no Leader of the Opposition, however that vacancy is caused, or does it only cover the situation where a vacancy is caused in a particular situation, that is to say where the specific language of the section covers the situation?
    However we read this situation, the importance of constitutional law and the teaching of civic education looms large in our future.
    The correct approach of everyone in this situation is to comment with due respect for the role of the courts to resolve the issues.
    Ezra Alleyne is an attorney and a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly.

    Source: Nation

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  3. Getting our House in order

    By Dr Kristina Hinds

    Following a 30-0 General Election victory by the Barbados Labour Party, Barbadians in some quarters have been mulling over a bit of a puzzle.
    In the absence of a Leader of the Opposition, can the Senate be constituted? Clearly, it can because Parliament was officially opened on February 4, 2022. Whether it has been appropriately constituted, currently short of three senators, is another question, which the courts will now decide.
    The suggestion that because the Senate proceeded with its business, short of two senators in 2018 makes the practice of constituting the Senate short of senators acceptable seems to me a hollow one. Simply having done something in the past does not make it right. Strangely, in 2018 the Prime Minister (PM) thought it wise to have two temporary senators in place to complete the Government’s complement while in 2022 a similar process is supposedly superfluous.
    I will not detail my (non-legal) assessment of this situation here, as it has already been reported in the press. However, I am pleased that this matter about which there is no consensus among even respected legal minds will be decided by the courts. Even if a decision is appealed and eventually taken to the Caribbean Court of Justice, the courts are the appropriate bodies for providing Barbadians with definitive answers to these puzzling questions. After all, interpretation of law is the role of the judiciary in a functioning and healthy democracy.
    What’s the fuss?
    Still, what is all the fuss about this Upper House, the Senate? Does the Senate even hold much sway over our affairs? Both the House of Assembly (comprising 30 elected Members of Parliament) and the Senate (comprising 21 appointed senators) constitute the Parliament of Barbados, our legislature. Jointly, these elected and appointed persons are responsible for enacting the laws of this land, which must then be assented and proclaimed by the President.
    Even though the House of Assembly can overrule the Senate if this Upper Chamber votes a bill down, the ability to delay a bill is an important tool of the Senate. This allows for bills to be adjusted in consideration of the objections expressed by senators and can make for better legislation.
    Therefore, just as the Opposition and even Government backbenchers can offer perspectives on bills during debates in the House of Assembly, the Senate has a role to play. What is more, since the Senate can delay the passage of legislation and often the Opposition in the House of Assembly cannot, this Upper Chamber can provide a handy check in the legislative process.
    In our current situation, in which the country is without an Opposition, the Senate can be vital for scrutinising legislation. Therefore, it really is important to get this House in order . . . right? Yes, it is important. But we may need to keep in mind that what can happen and what should happen are not necessarily the things that will happen.
    Be bold
    Senators would need to be bold; to use critical eyes in evaluating bills; must be willing to genuinely
    weigh the pros and cons of legislation; and would need to truly be drawn from a cross-section of societal interests and backgrounds to meaningfully scrutinise legislation in ways that can benefit society. Despite the meagre pay of less than $20 000 annually, senators have a critical role to play in our legislative process, except that they have no say when it comes to money bills.
    There is so much more one could say about this Upper House, its composition and its utility. Some might assert that this House would benefit from being elected rather than filled with appointed persons. I sit within this camp. Others may think that this House should be altogether demolished. We could instead have a single House that combines both elected members and appointed ones or that is composed in other ways.
    There are examples of such unicameral formulations under the Westminster canopy in Dominica, Guyana and New Zealand. Deciding if we wish to keep two Houses; if we wish to keep them as they are; if we favour minor or major renovations are all matters that require careful thought, significant debate, and reflection on the costs and benefits.
    As we move into the promised phase of constitutional reform as part of the country’s metamorphosis into a republic that is truly of our making, getting this house in order should be on the agenda.
    Outside of the Constitution, we all know that there are ongoing concerns in the country over public finances, public health, education, employment and so many other burning issues large and small that weigh heavily on people daily, so that, beyond the Houses of Parliament, there is truly much ordering of our house to do.
    Dr Kristina Hinds is head of the Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill.

    Source: Nation

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  4. White people make and use rules to block black people.

    Do you remember them saying Obama was not qualified to be President as he was not American.

    The Barbados slave code described black people as ‘an heathenish, brutish and an uncertaine, dangerous kinde of people’.
    The Barbados slave code ostensibly sought to protect slaves from cruel masters, in practice, it provided extensive protections for masters, but not for slaves.

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  6. Bajans need to energise their brain via the brainstem specifically the medulla oblongata at the level of the middle part of the basilar part of the occipital bone

    Recharging exercise – Shivani

    Do you want to live a brighter life? Do you want to more healthy? Do you want to become a more dynamic and magnetic person?
    If the answer to even one of these questions is Yes, then Paramhansa Yogananda’s recharging exercises are for you. Yogananda said, “Once you have learned this technique, ten minutes of daily practice will yield unparalleled results. In this video, Shivani guides the central exercise of the recharging practice: recharging the 20 body parts in three stages:
    ★ FIRST STEP: concentrating on the center of a single muscle at a time.
    ★ SECOND STEP: Using willpower, gradually activating that muscle by creating a wave of contraction until the muscle is vibrating.
    ★ THIRD STEP: Gradually relax the muscle until it is completely relaxed.
    Our concentration is the instrument to attract prana in a specific point of the body.
    With the relaxation phase the energy spreads to each cell.

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  8. Did you see the article by Errol Niles?
    Did you see how short it was?
    Did you notice how simple it was and how it started.
    Summary
    No need for this fuss.
    A placeholder for KK
    The ,’Atherley solution’ was a good thing in 2018.

    I am convinced that after we do the mulberry dance, an Atherley and a leader will emerge from the 30.

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  9. The caption to this article captures a man man scantily clothed and disheveled asking the question

    Xxxxxxxx

    MAD- MAN.

    People called him mad-man
    but I was surprised when he moved close to me,
    He said, “can I ask you a very important question?”
    I nodded, in acceptance,
    and then,
    he asked, “am I a mad man?”
    The obvious answer, from a sane person, will be, “no”,
    and that was what I said.
    “Thank you!”, he replied;
    then he said,
    “just because I don’t see things the way other people do, does that make me a mad man?”
    “No”, I answered again.

    He bent down, wrote “W”,
    and asked me what he wrote.
    At this point, I was already feeling ashamed,
    getting involved in a lengthy conversation with him.
    In a hurry to leave, I said “w”,
    but I was amazed when he replied to my answer,
    “You only see ‘W’,
    because of the angle at which you are looking at it.
    If you turn upside down, you’ll see “M”;
    If u look from the right side, it is “3”,
    and looking at it from the left side, it is “E”.

    The fact that I don’t see things at the perspective that everyone is seeing it doesn’t make me a mad man, he said. Then he left.

    I pondered for so long about this and its application to life.
    Because We act, and relate to people, based on the perspective at which we are looking at their situation.
    Have you taken your time to look at other possible perspectives?

    I then decided that,
    before I get angry with, or act against, or judge anyone that has done something unfavourable to me,
    I will view it in at least three possible perspectives;
    1. My own perspective,
    2. His own perspective and
    3. Others perspective’.

    So, before you judge people, before you rage your anger on them, take a little time to view their angle or perspective, and, if you still cannot see a reasonable reason, then you may act REASONABLY .
    Live and let others live

    Do have a nice weekend

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  10. “But the moral of this story is that there is a DEFINITE requirement for sharp-minded scholars in any society that expects to be successful…. EVEN if these bright sparks are a bit ‘eccentric’
    That FACT is that there are some things that are COMPLEX, and which present a serious QUAGMIRE for the unwary.

    These LAWS that our second-rate lawyers have been putting together over the years (and charging ridiculous fees in the process) require the kind of analytical minds that confound most people.”

    but the mediocre wants everyone to accept mediocrity..

    wonder if they are mullingover what Dr. Marshall published yesterday or if it’s another case of, if we ignore it, it will definitely go away..lol

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  11. @ David 5.34 am
    Mr Niles is of course correct as to the obvious solution.
    Where he is in error however is that he is thinking like a male.
    Emotional decision-making does NOT work like that. That would amount to being ‘wrong’… and would bring into question all the other ‘intuitive’ spot decisions that are currently being made all the time…
    Can we have that…?
    Just follow discussions here on BU and you see the males routinely changing their position when presented with compelling evidence… Women … not so much! lol

    It may be easier to turn the world upside down to fit such feminine emotional positions, than to get a lady to reverse an intuitive decision that she has taken….especially publicly.

    BTW…this is NOT a fault. It is a design spec which was created to ENHANCE the symbiotic partnership between the sexes.
    A logical man and a committed, intuitive woman together, can be the very embodiment of the image of God in the flesh…
    Separated, or role-reversed, however and you are looking at grass in your donkeys…

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  13. Om the Sound of the Universe
    So Hum I Am That

    AUM Chanting del Ananda Joy Choir – Jai Giove!

    CHOIR sings OM SO HUM Mantra


    So Hum is derived from Sanskrit and literally means “I am That” . it means identifying oneself with the universe or ultimate reality. As we meditate on this, we realize that we are all one, we have all come from one Infinite Source, and a part (Ansh) of that infinite source is present in all of us. We are all connected.
    “You are the same as I am” OM is the sound of universe. Om Soham ~ I am the universe, I am part of it, I am connected to that Infinite source,

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  14. Ezra Alleyne should do himself a favor and stop writing…
    The archetypical Bajan lawyer….
    Only in a Barbados since the Garrison Monument can such failed relics as him and the CLICO director now turned government Guru, be resurrected to national prominence.
    What a place…

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  15. As I have asked from the very beginning-

    Assuming you accept that there SHALL be a LoO, can any big brain body suggest a way out of the “constitutional cul-de-sac” to use Ezra’s term?

    Hint: It cannot be another election. You cannot guarantee the results. We have now had clean sweeps twice. Mia is the preferred leader by a long way. Which big brain body can organise a LoO?????

    So we have no parliament until the people vote in accordance with the “constitutional requirement” for a LoO?

    So… the words on the piece of paper can dictate who the people must vote for?

    Powerful words indeed!

    Lotta shite! I swear, covid like it got a brain damage component.

    Using that interpretation there is no guaranteed way out of the cul-de-sac unless some people can be made to vote other than how they wish to vote.

    And unless it is co-ordinated, yes the DLP could, in fact, end up with 30 seats!

    So some words on a piece of paper would have chosen the government that is supposed to be chosen by the people.

    Lotta shite!

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  16. Bajans need to ask soul questions
    like “Who Am I”
    and strip away everything
    to reveal the infinite I of of all possibilities and intention

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  17. In the Supreme Court of the United States, provision is made for justices to consider the harm that would be caused by a particular interpretation. That is why diversity of lived experience is being encouraged by some and vehemently opposed by others.

    If we are looking at Ireland, we can also look at the USA.

    Interpretation of the law is not meant to operate like a computer programme because the laws were not meant to impact the useful lives of robots but the REAL LIVES OF PEOPLE.

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  18. The history of blacks in Barbados is being written in the month of Black History
    Self interest .deception and division marks the landscape
    So sad that a people who prides themselves on intelligence cannot agree on that which is right towards good goverance
    A election now thrown in the epicenter of undermining the principles of the Constitution by leadership
    If anything blacks should have learned by their own history is that without unification divided we fall

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  19. The legal thing does twist my head. I tried to read EA twice.

    “I do not regard the Irish Solution as an applicable precedent, but since a local case has now been filed I will be restrained in my comments even on the article.”
    Then the constitutional scholar asked us questions. Here I am looking to him for answers and there he is (looking to me for answers).
    Then the grand finale
    “The correct approach of everyone in this situation is to comment with due respect for the role of the courts to resolve the issues.’

    I get the impression the blogmaster looks favorably on this man. I cannot figure out why.

    It looks to me as if EA avoided the tackle by punting that ball. He got his x thousand words, I got nothing.

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  21. @ David
    You attack the man and leave readers to speculate about reasons for objecting to his article?
    ~~~~~
    How is friendly advice an attack?
    Did you read the article?
    …a clear case of having to write something to fill a space and deadline… wasted Bushie’s time.

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  22. There is no opposition in Barbados as the opposition have no honour and moan like bitches although they are legion

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  24. Interesting that all these issues are occurring in the Month of Black History
    A govt that takes some sort of umbrage and pride in a 39percent voters turn out as a declaration of having a mandate to do as it pleases when in reality that percentage tells a sobering story
    Rather than being humble and contrite in presenting an image of doing what is right and with good purpose for the country not clothed in self interest

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  25. Now it is over to Barbados courts who would perform piece meal surgery with an application of a band aid to stop temporary bleeding

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  26. February 13, 2022 5:36 AM

    Getting our House in order

    By Dr Kristina Hinds

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    You mean Houses!!

    The Lower House doesn’t have an opposition or a leader of the opposition and is unconstitutional.

    The Upper House can’t get opposition senators because the lower house has no opposition and is thus unconstitutional

    Fix the lower house and the upper house will fix itself.

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  27. “The Lower House doesn’t have an opposition or a leader of the opposition”

    DLP should be sued for false advertising, poor performance, financial losses, debt accrual and incompetence during their dreaded tenure and also bombing out in two subsequent elections scoring nil points. That is unconstitutional and unacceptable.

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  28. I said in late December that all other parties should run as a coalition of opposition which would have included DLP and smaller parties. This could have been useful in the 30-0 wipe out I predicted and may have even won 1-2 seats or perhaps more.

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  29. @African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    It’s good to see prominent black British MP’s still representing their country men and women from the hallowed halls of Westminster.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/13/david-lammy-requests-pardon-for-1823-slave-rebellion-convicts

    It’s a great to see the return of BU’s number 3 batsmen: The Bush Man. All that’s missing our are two openers: Pachamama and Piece. Where art thou?

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  30. @DavidFebruary 13, 2022 8:25 AM

    We should not overlook the fact that “black history month” is nothing but the continuation of slavery.

    And why? Only the very naive BLM and WOKE movement is not aware that we have ELEVEN months a year of “white history month”. Therefore, our minorities do not need their own history month. History belongs to them anyway. LOL.

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  31. The qualifications of the Leader of the opposition in accordance with the Constitution must be the same as the qualifications a member of the house of Assembly needs to have because the Leader of the Opposition has to be a member of House of Assembly.

    Here are the qualifications in accordance with the Constitution the Leader of the Opposition needs to have as listed in section 43 and 44.

    Subject to the provisions of section 44, any person who

    (a) is a citizen of Barbados of the age of twenty-one years or upwards;
    .
    (b) has such connection with Barbados by residence therein as may be prescribed by Parliament, shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the House of Assembly.

    Section 44 deals with disqualifications and goes like this:

    (1) No person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the House of Assembly who

    (a) is, by virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign Power
    or State;

    (b) holds or is acting in the office of a Judge, the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Auditor-General;

    (c) repealed by 1981-24;

    (d) is under sentence of death imposed by a court in any part of the Commonwealth or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding six months imposed on him by such a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by such a court, or is under such a sentence of imprisonment the execution of which has been suspended,

    (e) is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in Barbados;

    (f) has been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in Barbados and has not been discharged;

    (g) is disqualified for membership of the House of Assembly by or under any law in force in Barbados by reason of his
    having been convicted or reported guilty of any corrupt or illegal practice at elections;

    (h) is disqualified for such membership by or under any such law by reason of his having been convicted of making a
    false declaration of qualification for election;

    (i) is disqualified for such membership by or under any such law on any ground not mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this subsection, being a ground for disqualification for membership of the House of Assembly by or under any law, other than the Representation of the People Act 195731 in force in Barbados immediately before 30th November 1966.

    (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (1) (b), Parliament may provide that, subject to such exceptions and limitations as Parliament may prescribe, a person shall not be qualified to be elected as a member of the House of Assembly if

    (a) he holds or is acting in any office or appointment prescribed by Parliament either individually or by reference to a class of office or appointment;

    (b) he belongs to any armed force of Barbados or to any class of person that is comprised in any such force; or

    (c) he belongs to any police force of Barbados or to any class of person that is comprised in any such force.

    (3) For the purposes of subsection (1) (d)

    (a) two or more sentences of imprisonment that are required to be served consecutively shall be regarded as separate sentences if none of those sentences exceeds six months, but if any one of those sentences exceeds that term they shall be regarded as one sentence; and

    (b) no account shall be taken of a sentence of imprisonment imposed as an alternative to or in default of the payment of a
    fine.

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  32. If it is discovered after elections that he/she is under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or State 43(b) then he is no longer qualified in accordance with the constitution to be a member of the House, loses his/her seat and the office of the Leader of the Opposition automatically becomes vacant.

    Same if he/she dies although death is not listed as a disqualification in accordance with the constitution!!

    Death is a circumstance.

    However if he is under sentence to death, that would be a disqualification in accordance with the constitution.

    Section 75 would apply should the GG need to act on the advice of or in consultation with the Leader of the Opposition, the office of the Leader of the Opposition was vacant and if no other member of the opposition were willing to accept appointment to that office.

    There are times the GG/President is required in accordance with the constitution, to act and which require her to consult with the Leader of the Opposition and or the PM, eg appointment of the Chief Justice.

    So here is 75 as it applies in that case.

    If the GG has never appointed a Leader of the Opposition, section 75 CANNOT apply because there is no office to become vacant.

    During any period in which there is a vacancy in the office of Leader of the Opposition by reason of the fact that no person is both qualified in accordance with this Constitution for, and willing to accept, appointment to that office, the
    Governor-General shall-

    (a) act in his discretion in the exercise of any function in respect of which it is provided in this Constitution that the Governor-General shall act in accordance with the advice of the Leader of the Opposition; and

    (b) act on the recommendation of the Prime Minister in the exercise of any function in respect of which it is provided in this Constitution that the Governor-General shall act on the recommendation of the Prime Minister after consultation with the Leader of the Opposition

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  33. The lawyers, pm, members of the House of Assembly and GG/president are wasting our time on this matter which is elementary.

    The Reverent Joe ruse cannot work.

    The GG got away with it in 2018 but it is now old and worn and to obvious a ruse to pull again.

    Besides, it exposes the judgment of the GG/president who we pay $872K annually to exercise her judgment.

    The only solution is back to the polls.

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  34. TronFebruary 13, 2022 10:40 AM

    @DavidFebruary 13, 2022 8:25 AM

    We should not overlook the fact that “black history month” is nothing but the continuation of slavery.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Which month is “white history month”?

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  36. David February 13, 2022 8:25 AM

    You are correct.

    “Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month.”

    I’m sure you’ll agree it is NONSENSE for anyone attempting to juxtapose an American celebration with Barbados’ current political situation.

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  37. “It’s a great to see the return of BU’s number 3 batsmen: The Bush Man. All that’s missing our are two openers: Pachamama and Piece. Where art thou?”

    TLSN…thank you so much for that link, Lammy must be commended…

    ….yes, a few other deep thinkers are missing from BU…we need Pacha more than ever at this juncture…it is good to have Bushman back.

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  38. Expect nothing less, from a clown who thinks he is cute……

    “In a reply from Raab sent to Lammy on Wednesday, the justice secretary said that following Guyana gaining independence in 1966 and the country becoming a republic in 1970, it would be for the president of Guyana to grant such pardons.

    Thomas Harding, the author of White Debt, described Raab’s response as “shocking”.

    He said: “Britain was responsible for this gross miscarriage of justice, not Guyana, and the British government should be the one to pardon those found guilty. The men and women who took part in the Demerara uprising of 1823 were attempting to abolish British slavery. It was a British court martial which found the 70 people guilty, a court established by a British governor in a British colony (later known as ‘British Guiana’), on behalf of the British king, under British military code.

    “Now is the time for the British government to take full responsibly for its legacy of slavery, to pardon the ‘Demerara 70’ and recognise them for what they were: heroes, for all of us.””

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  39. Thinking like a man is solving a problem that may not exist with a FAKE opposition or appointments to the Senate.

    Frankly, I, though only an emotional and therefore irrational female, would have made the appointments to the Senate and wunnuh could sing hymn-a-ton fuh nine days.

    But, since the can of worms was already opened, I guess the terminally emotional women prefer it to be closed by supposedly impartial authorities.

    That is another and perhaps more credible way of solving the issue and taking it out of the political and therefore highly questionable realm.

    We do agree that the Highest Court’s decision is final, don’t we?

    Then… after that decision the matter will be settled. Dissent be damned!

    Short-term pain for long term gain.

    The matter will most likely be expedited.

    Lotta rasshole misogynistic shite, as usual!

    This is what passes for wisdom on BU.

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  41. What I forgot to mention is that the argument on this blog was that the President cannot appoint the Senators without a LoO. So somebody or according to the ‘logical’ John, THREE somebodies would have to consent to be the FAKE OPPOSITION.

    FAKE OPPOSITIONS LIKE FAKE ORGASMS ONLY SATISFY THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW THEY ARE FAKE.

    Seems that is a MALE thing.

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  42. DonnaFebruary 13, 2022 12:42 PM

    We do agree that the Highest Court’s decision is final, don’t we?

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    If this rubbish actually gets to CCJ it isn’t going to be anytime soon!!!

    The GG/President and a whole set of politicians, lawyers and judges are going to look like pure sh!t.

    One benefit will be that we will all realise we really don’t need these jokers!!

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  43. We’ll all survive the drama and wonder at how stupid a whole set of Bajan elites could be.

    … and how it is we are spending $872,000 on a GG/President who can’t determine 30 – 0 means there cannot be an opposition or for that matter a Leader of the Opposition.

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  44. To think all of this could have been avoided if the PM wasn’t so gung- ho on putting the Republic horse before the Constitutional cart.

    Some were pleading for constitutional amendments before the change to Republic status but the voices were ignored as the PM set a self imposed deadline for the establishment of a Republic and here we are.

    I believe persons entrusted with constitutional amendments could hardly ignore the results of 2018 and make changes to cover any eventualities.

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  45. Vincent CodringtonFebruary 13, 2022 12:46 PM

    @ AC at 7:42 AM

    Can a society exist while viewing the world from 4 different perspectives?
    Xxxx
    To.me the point of the article focuses on those who have made up.in their mind of what is relevant and can be considered main stream normals
    While others with different point of views are shouted out and make mockery of
    Something that happens here on BU more often than not

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  47. In this month of Black History it is disheartening to read nonsense about blacks History month and its irrelevance in the Carribbean
    So much so that these kind of nonsensical comments beg for commonsense

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  48. @ JohnFebruary 13, 2022 2:15 PM
    (Quote)
    DonnaFebruary 13, 2022 12:42 PM
    We do agree that the Highest Court’s decision is final, don’t we?
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    If this rubbish actually gets to CCJ it isn’t going to be anytime soon!!!
    (Unquote).
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Good on there, Sir Johnny!

    If you were do follow precedent set in the Bajan Justice system the ‘missing-in-action’ (MIA) senators will all be dead and KK become the PM before it leaves the Bajan Justice system which makes Fumble look like Bolt when it comes to making decisions.

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  49. Hard to belive that Madam justice Chase would make another mockery of the justice system
    When all eyes are focusing on this case
    Patterson in one of his statements to the court asked for quick resolution saying that the case should not take more than two weeks
    If Madam justice pursue a role of hanky panky
    Her role would be noted as a bumbling judge like the judge in the Simpson case who was noted as one losing control of the proceedings

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  50. 30 nil is 30 nil
    Tribunal rules that a referee’s decision is final
    The decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play, including whether or not a goal is scored and the result of the match, are final. The decisions of the referee, and all other match officials, must always be respected.

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  51. “If you were do follow precedent set in the Bajan Justice system the ‘missing-in-action’ (MIA) senators will all be dead and KK become the PM before it leaves the Bajan Justice system which makes Fumble look like Bolt when it comes to making decisions.”

    mercy…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣…that is why i was telling…no name…take ya time to submit submissions to the court……no rush at all…take 2…..3 ..or the whole 5 years… no biggie….no one will notice or complain…

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  52. If we were to ever REALLY examine ourselves, Bajans have to be the most self-hating collection of people anywhere.
    Imagine…
    The ABSOLUTELY most inefficient and retarded aspect of our entire society is the legal system.
    Gearbox would be an immediate improvement to the lot of them – were he to be made a QC (or whateverthehell they are now) called, inasmuch as he at least has character.

    These jokers …:
    Cannot manage the crime situation
    Cannot get trials completed in less than twenty five years (after everyone involved is dead)
    Cannot get the arbitration nonsense started
    Cannot stop stealing clients money
    Cannot get a disciplinary committee to work
    Cannot bring a successful presentation to the CCJ
    Cannot implement a case management system
    REFUSE to let their Client Funds be audited
    and cannot present a simple coherent explanation to the public on BASIC issues raised.
    Shiite… they cannot even agree on who has real LEC qualifications…or not.

    …So what do WE bajans do?
    – Every government Board is either chaired, or over-saturated with these incompetent parasites
    – Bajans revere these failures and elect them with great GUSTO to the control of our NATIONAL affairs
    – We smile as they pay themselves MILLIONS of OUR dollars for ‘reading documents..’
    – Known SCAMPS – even those with deep CLICO roots, are resurrected, and placed in charge of NIS funds and elections
    – If a fool and HIS money are soon parted… WHAT THE HELL DO WE EXPECT FROM FOOLS WITH OUR MONEY?

    What the RAM GOAT!!!
    …and people on BU playing dem vex and cussing Bushie for using the term ‘Brass Bowls’…
    steupsss…
    Wunna don’t want to know what Bushie REALLY think…!!!

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  53. If our courts delay in this then I will sincerely apologise to Hal Austin. We would indeed be some version of a failed state.

    Matters such as these are fast tracked. If this is slow walked we are indeed a banana republic.

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  55. Bush tea now you have awakened from your first 30 love redwash in 2018 to butt up on another 30 to zero please give us your solutions to the myriad of problems which are problems in many international conntries.To remind you some of these problems existed with your beloved PM The late Mr Thompson and as we know he did zilch to rectify any prior to his death.Let us hear you problem solving know all.Tell us of any country you ever run.I gone.

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  56. Hi Lorenzo
    Have u seen Barbados national Hero Rhianna scantily dress all.over media platforms showing off her large baby bump
    I think.it is cute
    What do u think

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  57. DonnaFebruary 13, 2022 3:33 PM

    I must remind John that the argument before the Court is not the same one he is making.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Precisely my point!!

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  58. @ David

    I can’t remember you or anyone questioning the relevance of ‘Black History Month’ to the Caribbean.

    The response to your comments from the individual who introduced the annual month long observance into the discussion, clearly indicated they did not know it originated in the USA.

    Similarly, the kind of nonsensical comments about the Constitution from persons who obviously have not read fundamental laws and guaranteed rights for Barbadians outlined therein….. certainly begs for commonsense as well.

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  59. What point is that exactly?

    We elect from among those who offer themselves for election.

    The worst person to put in power is not a thief, in my view, but a RELIGIOUS ZEALOT!

    So narrow-minded and bigoted and sure of what he cannot prove is the religious zealot that he brooks no opposition, considers no other view and RULES by force rather than consensus, eventually excluding all others who do not fit his mould.

    No religious practitioner/politicians for me! They cannot even run a church in the right way. And most of the pompasetting pastors are just as tiefing!

    HELL NO!

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  60. Angela Cox i work i have little time to look at Rihanna.While i admire her business accomplishments and her recognition by the government i am not a big fan of hers especially as a singer.In my view she is no where in the league of tje Whitney Houstons , Mariah Careys and Celine Dions of this world in terms of singing.Just my view.I gone.

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  61. DavidFebruary 13, 2022 4:54 PM

    Where hignorance is bliss tis follow to be wise. Some comments are best left unanswered.

    Xccc
    Agree

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  62. “If we were to ever REALLY examine ourselves, Bajans have to be the most self-hating collection of people anywhere.
    Imagine…
    The ABSOLUTELY most inefficient and retarded aspect of our entire society is the legal system.”

    how many years Bushman, how many years.,,,.lol

    and if i told them they will be cussing all night while i sleep…

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  63. ” To think all of this could have been avoided if the PM wasn’t so gung- ho on putting the Republic horse before the Constitutional cart.”

    Frau Mia is nothing more than a broad brushed artist who lacks the finesse to paint in fine detailed strokes. The esteemed UK journalist would always underline this as being a major default in her character. He lamented that Mia does not do detail. Now we can all fully understand the wisdom of his words.

    The chief conductress is not half as smart as she thinks she is.

    Is there an adult in the house who can put this farce to rest.

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  64. Oh dear! De baby bump looking too sweet! Just like de pretty bubbies.

    European fake prudishness does not become those of African descent!

    The form a marriage takes is a cultural thing. I remember reading that in one African tribe, all a woman had to do was pick up her sleeping mat and put it in her husband’s hut and BOOM, they were wed!

    And the clothing thing is also cultural. Nothing immoral about showing boobs and butt or anything else for that matter.

    It is all cultural.

    When I was at Q.C we were taken to the stadium to watch some scantily clad Africans with naked boobs do their thing.

    There was no tut tutting old hens and hypocritical old men to spoil the show.

    STEUPSE!

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  66. I scroll past much of Bushie’s posts these days so I just caught sight of this when I scrolled by. To say that the men here change their positions when presented with evidence while the women do not is his usual bullshit.

    There are few women on BU. I have changed my position when confronted with evidence or even a better argument. I actually PRIDE MYSELF on being able so to do. In fact, I even was willing to entertain John’s waterborne covid theory when he presented his correlation of floods and cases. I have not seen Cuhdear Bajan or Dame Bajans refusing to acknowledge when irrefutable evidence is presented. We have probably two women here who never cave. I call no names. Ask Artax the fact checker who they are.

    There are many many more men on BU who refuse to budge when faced with evidence. THE TRUMP CROWD NEVER CHANGES IN THE FACE OF EVIDENCE.

    How many men have changed their initial position on this very blog?

    Lotta generalisations meant to keep women standing BEHIND their man!

    Women come in many different packages. As do men.

    Lotta shite!

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  67. When do trolls ever admit they are wrong

    But, Playing computer video games do work if you want to be a hero with the ones and zeroes in the Bu server verse

    you can get style points and power ups

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  70. Donna
    Bushie HUMBLY explained that arguments with women are a no- no for the Bushman… It is not anything personal, just years of experience…
    Even so, you persists in ‘looking for rain’ with poor Bushie…
    Nowhere will you find any claims from Bushie of being ‘bright’, ‘smart’ or ‘always right’…. (rich perhaps, but it is what it is…some things cannot be avoided..)
    Bushie is just a LUCKY, adopted, brass bowl, …who once had a whacker; who wants nothing from you; and who has no interest in offending you… even if you were known…
    So there is no need to behave like a ‘gully boar’ – this is just a fun discussion forum where ideas are explored.
    If you cannot take the cut and thrust in the BU spirit – why not just scroll pass …everything?
    There are no prizes at stake…
    Also, we don’t REALLY need to know so much of your personal business…you are in danger of showing everyone exactly why it may have been challenging for your son’s father to stay around…

    Lighten up….Lady.

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  71. @David, it seems your regular bloggers don’t appreciate Alleyne too much 🤣

    I actually found some solace in some of what he said as a point also tickled my interest …

    That point was: does the fact that in the Ireland case there were partly elected and partly nominated senators become relevant!

    We’ll leave it to the courts of course but it seems reasonable that the entire contigent of 11 Senators who WERE UNABLE to be empannelled “to ensure that [the] incoming Prime Minister could nominate his supporters as senators to counterbalance the elected senators” is a different situation to seating just two (2) opposition senators !

    Surely the 11 would have had more direct impact on Senate deliberations (along with the other electees from the PM party) than these two ever would or were ever intended to.

    So in that regard I agree that this case does NOT have the precise persuasive precedent on this strict basis of how the Senate should be first constituted!

    Anyhow we would all like the Irish ‘precedent’ where the PM resolved the problem before it was actually heard at court!

    Our PM and President need to act and make Mr Brathwaite’s case a mere moot debate that clarifies the interpretation of the constitution and helps the new drafters better define the new doc!

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    • @Dee Word

      Yes, that point caught the eye as well when searching like for like. Bushie was seeing blood and that was the end of it.


  72. In the Looney Tunes world of Bu if you want to beat the Al G. Rhythm in the online game you have to do the step back glitch that causes characters like Hal Austin to get deleted, but real cartoon characters never die and can come back to life again

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  74. @Miller February 12, 2022 6:45 PM “The mere fact he has the xenophobic indecency to refer to the Jamaican origin of two of the legal luminaries”

    Can you explain how and why it is xenophobic to refer to a Jamaican born and raised person as a Jamaican born and raised person?

    Is it sexist to refer to you as a man?

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  75. @Donna February 13, 2022 8:10 AM “As I have asked from the very beginning- Assuming you accept that there SHALL be a LoO, can any big brain body suggest a way out of the “constitutional cul-de-sac” to use Ezra’s term? Hint: It cannot be another election. You cannot guarantee the results. We have now had clean sweeps twice. Mia is the preferred leader by a long way. Which big brain body can organise a LoO?????”

    In any case Donna, if the 30 recently elected MP’s constitute an illegitimate House of Assembly, then they have no legitimacy to dissolve Parliament nor to call an election.

    So according to the big male brains on BU we are in a state of stasis and must remain so forever. Some of these fellas like they relish the thought of Barbados being without a government for years and years and years, like Somalia was for some time.

    Some of the big male BU brains believe that living people are subject to a piece of paper written by a bunch of dead male lawyers.

    What is it that the bard said about lawyers again? Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2.

    Ooops!!! They are already dead.

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  76. @Donna “laws not meant to impact the useful lives of robots but the REAL LIVES OF PEOPLE.”

    People were not made for the law, but the law for people.

    So if ya have to go head and pull an ass out of a pit on the Sabbath, do what ya have to do in spite of “what is written” And if ya have to heal a person with a withered hand on the Sabbath even though the written law says “thou shalt do no manner of work on the Sabbath” do what ya have to do.

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  77. @TLSN February 13, 2022 10:25 AM “All that’s missing our are two openers: Pachamama and Piece. Where art thou?”

    Pacha has had his meeting with the Great Guillotine, as we all will eventually.

    He int coming back.

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  78. Cuhdear BajanFebruary 13, 2022 9:13 PM

    @Donna February 13, 2022 8:10 AM “As I have asked from the very beginning- Assuming you accept that there SHALL be a LoO, can any big brain body suggest a way out of the “constitutional cul-de-sac” to use Ezra’s term? Hint: It cannot be another election. You cannot guarantee the results. We have now had clean sweeps twice. Mia is the preferred leader by a long way. Which big brain body can organise a LoO?????”

    In any case Donna, if the 30 recently elected MP’s constitute an illegitimate House of Assembly, then they have no legitimacy to dissolve Parliament nor to call an election.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    You are confusing House of Assembly and the Houses of Parliament referred to as Parliament..

    Sure they are 30 members of the House of Assembly.

    But the House needs to be inseminated by a Leader of the opposition before it becomes a constitutional Parliament.

    Parliament does not exist so there is no need to dissolve it .. or prorogue it.

    It has not been constitutional since 2018 when Froon and the GG prorogued it.

    BTW, there is a difference between prorogued and dissolved!!

    Personally I prefer the word prorogue when dealing with politicians.

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  79. Cuhdear BajanFebruary 13, 2022 9:13 PM

    So according to the big male brains on BU we are in a state of stasis and must remain so forever. Some of these fellas like they relish the thought of Barbados being without a government for years and years and years, like Somalia was for some time.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Barbados has been without a constitutional Parliament for years and years and years.

    You don’t have to be a male to figure that out but it helps if you have a brain.

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  80. JohnFebruary 13, 2022 4:44 PM

    DonnaFebruary 13, 2022 3:33 PM

    I must remind John that the argument before the Court is not the same one he is making.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Precisely my point!!

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Citizen Braithwaite could use my argument in court but were he to be successful he would get a declaration that any thing done in the absence of a Leader of the opposition is null void and of no effect.

    That would make everything Ms. Mockley and her crew did null void and of no effect because Reverent Joe was no more a Leader of the opposition than you or I.

    It would have ramifications for our Caricom Partner, Grenada.

    Citizen Braithwaite is holding back.

    Shades perhaps of the duopoly.

    He is not really going for the jugular.

    He’ll find out soon that he perhaps should have.

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  81. Move along there is Nothing To See Here (Code=NTSH SNAFU)
    Instead of getting your knickers twisted over semantics of senate numbers
    (or boxer shorts or Y-fronts for the posters with jade stalk dicks)

    People should form an understanding of the intent of dusty old constitution which states
    Senators are nominated as representatives of PM (12) President (7) Leader of Opposition (2)
    As there is no eligible Leader of Opposition then there are no Senate Representatives for the 2 LoO seats

    PM offered the DLP the opportunity to directly select 2 representatives to fill vacant seats which they did not accept and stated they will wait to determine if it is “legal”

    A minor amendment is needed to to accommodate an 18 year old youth who impressed leaders with political consciousness

    Senate has already been opened with 3 seats still to be filled 1 day but not 2 day aka today

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  82. There is a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the senate which if upheld will make anything done by the unconstitutional parliament null, void and of no effect!!

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  83. “Pacha has had his meeting with the Great Guillotine, as we all will eventually.

    He int coming back.”

    second time Cuddear is saying this without any concrete confirmation, all i can say, if it’s true, yall shit outta luck, since he was the only person on the blog to ACCURATELY interpret things political, both local and geo…..and waste his time and energy trying to educate yall on it….i don’t do politics…..so won’t even consider wasting time or energy, i keep quiet counsel on those things..

    TLSN… i was gently trying to point out to Mia, since 2018 that the bull and elephant in the tea shop filled with breakable china ware approach is inappropriate for the 21st century, even if she don’t see the majority Afrikan population’s life as having much value compared to the criminals supported and promoted for the last half century it WAS ALWAYS and STILL IS THE WRONG APPROACH……but did she listen……we can see she certainly did not…

    the fallout is ugly, everyone, EVERYWHERE are weighing in….no one can say i did not try, even with my back then, but now resolved personal issues…i tried…

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  84. Bushie,

    Typical assumption again, and very nasty too! As usual. There is no need to be a gutter rat. Gully boars are more useful.

    You assume I wanted him to stick around. Don’t you know that women break up with men? You’d be surprised at whom I have sent packing!

    And who the rh are you to tell me how much of my business to tell? I always talk my business. Much better than talking anybody else’s. You will find I do not gossip. And I do not spend all day bothering about who is having sex with whom. Which seems to be the crux of your concern. To me, Peter is still Peter as long as he says he is.

    My story is my story to tell. As with everything else, you could like ‘um or lump ‘um.

    David is the blogmaster. I defer to him, EVENTUALLY! It is only polite since HE takes his time to administer the blog.

    P.S. Piss off!

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  86. Cuhdear Bajan,

    These wise sages and Barbados scholars argue the most impractical bullshit!

    Then talk about women making emotional decisions and refusing to admit wrong when faced with evidence.

    The case that Adriel brought is one that could be argued. The case that John is arguing is bullshit and that is why it is not being brought.

    I am thinking Adriel is ensuring that nobody will be able to contest the new constitution and other laws made at a date late enough to cause real upheaval.

    Best to get it settled before that happens!

    Constitutional court cases brought against the government is commonplace in the so-called more developed democracies and so this
    Is not the the big deal these people are making it out to be.

    This is what courts are for.

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  87. TheO,

    The African tribal men seemingly had no problem being aroused despite the unwrapped package.

    A$AP seemingly has no problem with his arousal.

    Different strokes for different folks!

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  88. Cuddear….btw Pacha did vaguely mention something about his health, but i just filed it away….we all reach that place at some time or the other…..yep..

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  89. You know, it just occurred to me that it is quite offensive for men to be telling me to lighten up in the face of misogyny.

    It can be likened onto a white man telling a black man to lighten up in the face of racism.

    I wonder if we have any old farts here who will change their stance in the face of this obviously sound perspective.

    I have lived for over fifty years in this putrid patriarchal world

    Don’t rasshole tell me how to respond! THAT in itself is a symptom of misogyny! You actually do think you have that right!

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  91. @John “the House needs to be inseminated by a Leader of the opposition before it becomes a constitutional Parliament.”

    Here is a nice little work around to your conundrum, No sperm required.

    “Sperm-free fertilization. Results from experiments in which oocytes were injected with cumulus cells and chemically prompted to develop. In a reproductive biology advance, researchers have fertilized mouse eggs with cells from another mouse’s body–instead of sperm.”
    Source: science.org

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  92. @African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved February 14, 2022 9:39 AM “i don’t do politics”

    Lol, lol, lol!

    Ha, ha, ha!

    Wuh loss!

    Hold me belly!

    Ya killin’ me woman!

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  93. Why ya holding ya belly….i have always taken the human rights route and watched yall go on and on to nowhere about colonial politics, cause yall can’t seem to undertstand that in its present form, it has no end…..too polluted and corrupted….never joined ya in any of it…i know, it’s an anomoly to find someone who is not interested in politics, find it repulsive and a step down., ya just weren’t paying attention and thought i was involved, nah, never… and, i don’t want my soul poisoned by or with it, understand only too well its significance, look around you on BU and see what i mean…check out the buy election and SEE WHERE THAT HAS FINALLY LED…lol

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  94. Cuhdear BajanFebruary 14, 2022 12:20 PM

    @John “the House needs to be inseminated by a Leader of the opposition before it becomes a constitutional Parliament.”

    Here is a nice little work around to your conundrum, No sperm required.

    “Sperm-free fertilization. Results from experiments in which oocytes were injected with cumulus cells and chemically prompted to develop. In a reproductive biology advance, researchers have fertilized mouse eggs with cells from another mouse’s body–instead of sperm.”
    Source: science.org

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    So wuh de baby look like?

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  95. Murdaaaaaaah! No sperm required! Murdaaaaaaaah!

    Wuhlaus! Problem solved!

    Cuhdear Bajan,

    David knows who Pachamama is and he keeps track of these things.

    But…. Pachamama said his name is on a credit union building. Did somebody whose name is on a credit union building recently die?

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  97. @🐇/🐰
    After the 30th elections with the same outcome of 30-0, it was decided to just work towards a solution starting from 30-0.

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  99. Proverbs 21:9 & 21:19 is hereby invoked…

    “…better to live in the corner of an attic, than share a house (or a Blog) with a quarrelsome woman… ”
    This advice is so valid that Solomon repeats …..for men without an attic..
    “then it is better to go live in a DESERT….”
    …ANY shiite!!!!

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  100. Naff, naff posts later and still no response to the 15-0 and 60-0 wash outs in other Caribbean islands with the same “There shall be a leader of the opposition”. The verbosed one, who’s always looking for fight with me, even accused me of xenophobia. De cat got pups!🤣

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