Walrond takes fresh oath as MP

Dr. Ashni Singh, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance taking the Oath of a parliamentarian.

Minister Oneidge Walrond was yesterday sworn in as a technocrat member of the National Assembly in keeping with a commitment made to the High Court by Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC.

 Walrond who holds the portfolio of Tourism, Industry and Commerce had been the subject of a Court challenge after she took the oath of a parliamentarian while still a citizen of the United States.

Walrond had first taken the oath as a Minister on August 5th and then as an MP on September 1st.  Both appointments transgressed the law as she was still a dual citizen. Both she and the government had up to that point argued that no wrong had been committed.