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.