HISTORIC IMPEACHMENT MOTION AGAINST T&T’s PRESIDENT WILL BE VOTED ON BY MEMBERS ON THURSDAY

By a Staff Reporter:   The historic impeachment motion against Trinidad and Tobago’s President Paula-Mae Weekes will be voted on by members of the Electoral College at 11.30 on Thursday morning.

Before that, members of the House of Representatives will meet in an extraordinary sitting at 10.30 a.m. to consider the motion pursuant to Section 36 of the Constitution, which calls for the establishment of a tribunal to investigate the removal of Her Excellency President Paula-Mae Weekes from office.

Ie News understands that Senators received a letter yesterday calling them to the meeting of the Electoral College on Thursday. The letter sent to all members of the Electoral College notes that Section 28 of the Constitution provides for the convening of an Electoral College by the Speaker of the House, as chairman. The letter states the Opposition Leader (Kamla Persad Bissessar) has given notice of her intention to propose to the House of Representatives a motion pursuant to Section 36.

 Section 36 of the Constitution requires that Mrs Persad-Bissessar (the proposer) must propose the motion in the House. It further requires that the motion must state the full particulars of the grounds on which the removal of the President is proposed and that no less than one-third of the members of the House must signify that they support it. The House of Representatives then takes the motion to the Electoral College for a vote.