Golding Attempts to Distance PNP from His ‘Personal View’ on Dual Citizen MPs

Opposition Leader, Mark Golding, says it’s his personal view and not that of the PNP, that dual citizens should be eligible to sit as members of parliament.

The issue of dual citizenship featured heavily in the aftermath of the September 2007 general elections.

The PNP went to court to have five JLP MPs, starting with Daryl Vaz in West Portland, removed from office on the grounds that they were dual citizens at the time of their nomination and hence ineligible to stand for office.

Mr. Golding says he believes members of the Jamaican Diaspora should have the opportunity to sit in parliament.

Mark Golding, opposition leader. He was addressing a press conference on Tuesday.