With questions again being asked about parliamentarians who hold foreign allegiance, representative of the APNU+AFC list, Professor Harold Lutchman says that he has no authority to take any action as it relates to alliance parliamentarians with dual citizenship.
“That is for the authorities including the president to take action,” Lutchman told Stabroek News when contacted yesterday. “I don’t have that sort of constitutional authority,” he said while adding that he does not know which of the incoming Members of Parliament on the alliance’s list have dual citizenship. The PPP/C has indicated that it has not yet decided on whether its representatives will be sworn in as Members of Parliament.
Article 155 of the Constitution disqualifies persons with dual citizenship from being a Member of Parliament. According to 1) (a) of Article 155 “No person shall be qualified for election as a member of the National Assembly who is, by virtue of his or her own act, under any