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The Hon. Zane De Silva, JP, MP

The Hon. Zane De Silva, JP, MP

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27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is certainly misleading the House and I will tell you why, because we know that the Royal Gazette does not print the truth. [Inaudible interjections]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you Madam Chai rman. I would like [to ask] the Minister in reference to clause 6(3) with regard to the CEO, when it comes to discipline is it the intent of the Minister to have the persons that fill the new positions, will they be members of the unions? And if he is going to be respons ible for …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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90 words
I also have one other, and I mentioned this earlier when we debated. It is with reference to clause 13 and the interest register. As I said then, and I will certainly reiterate now, I hope the Mi nister is going to be a little bit more stringent with these declarations —certainly a little bit more stringent than what happened …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I would certainly consider that, Madam Chairman. Yes, I sure would.
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, I wi ll gladly retract it if the Members on the other side would tell me that that is not so. [Inaudible interjections]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. Madam Chairman, I ask Members to go back to clause 6(1). “The Board shall, after consultation with the Minister, appoint a Chief Executive Officer.” My question to the Minister is, based on the comments made by his colleague, Mr. Cole Simons, earl ier tonight, has [the decision for] this position of chief executive officer been …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, when you mentioned the lady in red, she got all excited. [Laughter]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Excuse me. Point of order, point of order, Madam Chairman! Point of order. Point of order!
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member needs to pull that statement back. Pull that back!
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Imputing improper motives, he needs to recall that statement!
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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No! Point of order! Point of order! Point of order, Madam Chairman!
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member who just made that statement might need to retract it, because he was here. An d the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Derrick Burgess, will surely verify what I am about to say. When Julian Hall was hired by the PLP Government to be a consultant almost everybody, to a man over on that side, complained about …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, clarification, Minister. I did not ask if he had been appointed. I asked if he had been chosen. Hon. Shawn G. Crockwell: No. the CEO has not been chosen. And so, we are in the process of trying to find the right CEO. The Honourable Independent Member asked a question as to whether or not we will adhere to …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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So, for clarification on your point . . . Thank you, Madam Chairman. So, if I am on the Board, and I am privy to information, and I receive a contract for $10 million, what you are saying is, is that . . . If I bid on it through an RFP [request for proposal], right? [Inaudible interjection]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay, $5 million. And if I bid on it through an RFP, and I was privy to the information beforehand because I was a Board member, I received that contract for $5 million, you are saying that I will be dismissed. But because I won it through an RFP, that is it? No other penalties whatsoever? Hon. Shawn G. Crockwell: …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of —
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, a point, Minister, a point, Minister. The Chairman: You have the floor. POINT OF CLARIFICATION
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Just getting back to the question and answer, which you answered very nicely; thank you, Mi nister. But on clause 8, when I was talking about this dismissal without notice, clause 8(2) refers to an em-ployee or an officer. But if you flick over to clause 13, it talks about the Board member, which …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. I had two questions that the Minister did not address. One was, clause 6(3) with regard to disc ipline. And I had asked the question— [Inaudible interjection]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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You got me, Minister? You say you got me? Okay. I will not repeat it. But of course, for the— [Inaudible interjection]