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The enduring commitment to ensuring the good governance of the Turks and Caicos Islands will be bolstered by a two-day joint seminar, run by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association & the House of Assembly next week, starting 7th January.
The purpose of this Post-Election Seminar is to help familiarize locally elected politicians with parliamentary practices and to better understand the Practices and Procedures of the House of Assembly. It will do so by bringing in experienced parliamentarians from similar sized Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. They will discuss and advise on various issues with their TCI counterparts.
The Delegation will be led by the Speaker of one of the world’s oldest parliaments, the 1,000 year old Isle of Man’s Tynwald, The Honourable Stephen Rodan and its Clerk Roger Philips.
The pair, from this self-governing UK Crown Dependency, will be joined by Minister Joe Bossano from Gibraltar, which, like the TCI, is another of the UK’s 14 Overseas Territories. Mr. Bossano previously visited the TCI in Nov 2012 as Head of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Election Observer Mission. Here’s Chris Jarrett with more on this story.
REPORTER:- The CPA delegation will meet the Speaker of the TCI House of Assembly, the Premier, the Leader of the opposition, other Ministers and politicians. In addition, members of the Cabinet, Permanent Secretaries and Constitutional bodies, notably the Integrity Commission, will also be participating.
Five specific elements have been arranged as the focus for the visit: the 2012 Public Finance Management Ordinance and Regulations; Women in Parliament; Ministerial Responsibility: “The Role and functions of Ministers, Giving direction to their Ministries”; Plenary Sitting – How to use Questions/motions/plenary procedures/scrutiny of legislation; Committee Matters – What expectations to have of a Public Accounts Committee; what other scrutiny Committees might produce; committee resources.
Acting Governor Anya Williams says the seminar will be an excellent way for the new Government to reacquaint itself with goodwill, experience and support of the UK’s other Overseas territories, Crown Dependencies and the wider Commonwealth. The Acting Governor added that it was a practical example of how the UK was continuing to support the ongoing development of the TCI. She said there was genuine international warmth and affection towards the TCI and a real desire to put the previous maladministration truly behind it – and to become one of the most accountable and transparent democracies in the Caribbean.
This is Chris Jarrett for RTC News.
