Dual citizen parliamentarian Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has submitted his letter of resignation to the Speaker of the National Assembly but the six other dual citizen Members of Parliament (MPs) on the government and opposition sides are yet to do so.
“I have done so, yes,” Roopnaraine, who held the Public Service Minister portfolio, disclosed when contacted by Stabroek News. He, however, could not give the specific date but said it was done “a few days ago. I cannot remember exactly.”
Roopnaraine, along with Carl Greenidge, who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of State Joseph Harmon and Business Minister Dominic Gaskin from the government, and Gail Teixeira, Odinga Lumumba and Adrian Anamayah from the opposition, have committed to resigning from parliament in keeping with recent rulings of the High and Appeal courts.