BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has defended the choice to take away Neil Rowe as deputy speaker of the Parliament, saying it’ll enable him to take care of a matter he faces earlier than the Excessive Court docket.
Final September, Justice of the Peace Deidre McKenna ordered that Rowe stand trial earlier than the Excessive Court docket on the cost that he had sexual activity with a lady on September 18, 2022, with out her consent or was reckless as as to if she consented.
The ruling Barbados Labour Occasion (BLP), which controls all 30 seats in Parliament, voted on Tuesday to take away Rowe from his put up after Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Authorities Enterprise Santia Bradshaw moved the movement to rescind his appointment.
Prime Minister Minister Mottley stated that the choice prevents Parliament from being embroiled within the personal problems with a member.
“On this case, there isn’t any consideration in any way of something apart from the Deputy Presiding Officer of the Parliament of Barbados being concerned in a non-public matter. It’s a judgment of all of us that he be allowed the time to permit himself to take care of this matter, and certainly to have the ability to be certain that his assertion of innocence is able to being pursued,” stated Prime Minister Mottley, insisting that Rowe will stay because the parliamentary consultant for St Michael North West constituency.
“By the identical token, whereas that is happening and he’s given all the house to try this, we’ve to make sure that the general public enterprise of the Parliament of Barbados, and by extension, as an arm of the Authorities of Barbados, can proceed with out, as I stated, being embroiled within the personal problems with a specific member,” she stated, stating that that is the third occasion the place a Deputy Speaker of the Home has confronted authorized points.”
She stated there isn’t any situation together with his illustration as a parliamentarian, including, “That may be a member for the folks of St Michel North West that was settled.
“And certainly, that isn’t a problem on this matter,” Mottley added.
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