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83. (1) There shall be an office of Leader of the Opposition
and appointments thereto shall be made by the President.
(2) The President shall, if the person concerned is
willing to be appointed, appoint as Leader of the Opposition the
member of the House of Representatives who, in his judgment, is
best able to command the support of the greatest number of
members of the House of Representatives who do not support the
Government.
(3) The office of Leader of the Opposition shall become
vacant where—
(a) he resigns his office;
(b) the holder thereof ceases to be a member of the
House of Representatives for any cause other
than a dissolution of Parliament;
(c) he is not a member of the House of
Representatives when the House of
Representatives first meets after a dissolution
of Parliament;
(d) by virtue of section 49(3) he is required to cease
to exercise his functions as a member of the
House of Representatives;
(e) he is appointed to the office of Prime Minister; or
(f) his appointment is revoked under the provisions
of subsection (4).
(4) Where in the judgment of the President, the Leader
of the Opposition is no longer the member of the House of
Representatives best able to command the support of a majority
of those members of the House of Representatives who do not
support the Government, the President shall revoke the
appointment of the Leader of the Opposition.
(5) Nothing in subsection (4) shall apply while
Parliament is dissolved.
(6) Where the office of Leader of the Opposition is
vacant, whether because there is no member of the House of
Representatives so qualified for appointment or because no one
qualified for appointment is willing to be appointed, or because
the Leader of the Opposition has resigned his office or for any
other reason, any provision in this Constitution requiring
consultation with the Leader of the Opposition shall, in so far as
it requires such consultation, be of no effect.
http://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/Laws2/Constitution.pdf49 (3) Where circumstances such as are referred to in
paragraph (d) of subsection (2) arise because any member of the
House of Representatives is under sentence of death or
imprisonment, is mentally ill, declared bankrupt or convicted of an
offence relating to elections, and where it is open to the member to
appeal against the decision, either with the leave of a Court or other
authority or without such leave, he shall forthwith cease to perform
his functions as a member of the House so however that, subject to
the provisions of this section, he shall not vacate his seat until the
expiration of a period of thirty days thereafter.
this is actually practiced by some cultures.Redman wrote:Its like having your wife dictate the tenure of yuh side chick.
Habit7 wrote:In a couple months we will all have a chance to have a vote of confidence/no-confidence in Dr. Rowley as an MP and as PM. Just call the election and stop playing games.
Habit7 wrote:'Games' is dangling the election date last night but pulling it back because of your party not ready. Games is promising to have fixed election dates and criticizing Manning for having it in his back pocket.
If she want to test the nation's confidence in Dr. Rowley over hers, that he was wrong not to inform her or she couldn't vet her own nomination...then call the election.
Habit7 wrote:In a couple months we will all have a chance to have a vote of confidence/no-confidence in Dr. Rowley as an MP and as PM. Just call the election and stop playing games.
rfari wrote:So the UNC has the parliament majority and for the vote of no confidence to succeed, there has to be simple majority. So after it is passed, what happens?
Dirty Face wrote:. . .2. For who say if we feel is PNM; 3 current ministers have in excess of 150 million US dollars EACH overseas, one of whom is currently part (majority) owner in building a luxury mall in Holland that is in the billions...
rspann wrote:rfari wrote:So the UNC has the parliament majority and for the vote of no confidence to succeed, there has to be simple majority. So after it is passed, what happens?
She will revoke his appointment as opposition leader,simple.
rfari wrote:rspann wrote:rfari wrote:So the UNC has the parliament majority and for the vote of no confidence to succeed, there has to be simple majority. So after it is passed, what happens?
She will revoke his appointment as opposition leader,simple.
Then prolly appoint jack and then destroy him as well in time for ge2015. Pain
toyota2nr wrote:We don't need all that to take back Chaguanas West. As a constituent I can can tell you that Jack done lost that for siding with the nasty PNM. All the rest you say there is usual PNM empty ole talk. No substance and no basis.
There is no mechanism to remove an opposition leader by the government but this is just to highlight to the nation the evil and destructive nature of the PNM and the wajang.
Spitfir3 wrote:lol @ "we"
dougla_boy wrote:pm on sheit....grasping at straws........quaking cuz rowley quiet about the baytee wit big tut tuts
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