Prime Minister Mia Mottley has defended the choice to take away Neil Rowe as deputy speaker of the Parliament, saying it is going to enable him to cope with 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 girl on September 18, 2022, with out her consent or was reckless as as to whether she consented.
The ruling Barbados Labour Social gathering (BLP), which controls all 30 seats within the Parliament, on Tuesday voted to take away Rowe from his publish after Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Authorities Enterprise, Santia Bradshaw moved the movement to rescind his appointment.
Mottley mentioned that the choice removes Parliament from being embroiled within the non-public problems with a member.
“On this case, there is no such thing as a consideration by any means of something aside from the Deputy Presiding Officer of the Parliament of Barbados being concerned in a personal matter. It’s a judgement of all of us, that he be allowed the time to permit himself to cope with this matter, and certainly to have the ability to be sure that his assertion of innocence is able to being pursued,” mentioned Mottley, insisting that Rowe will stay because the parliamentary consultant for St Michael North West constituency.
“By the identical token, whereas that is occurring and he be given the entire area to do 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 mentioned, being embroiled within the non-public problems with a specific member,” she mentioned, declaring that that is the third occasion the place a Deputy Speaker of the Home has confronted authorized points.”
She mentioned that there is no such thing as a concern of his illustration as a parliamentarian, including “that could be a member for the folks of St Michel North West that was settled.
“And certainly, that isn’t a difficulty on this matter in any respect,” Mottley added.
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