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No Quorum for Parliament Meeting to Discuss Jules James vote on November 17th --- Coalition did not show for meeting on Tuesday.

emptyseatsofparliament24012012Philipsburg:--- The Members of Parliament representing the United Peoples Party and their coalition partners from the Democratic Party along with one of the Independent Member of Parliament absconded from the Parliament meeting that was called on Tuesday to discuss the vote cast by Jules James on November 17th, 2011. The only Member of Parliament who provided notice of absence to the Chairlady of Parliament Gracita Arrindell was Member of the Democratic Party faction Petrus Leroy De Weever. The other Members of Parliament from the UP faction including Member of Parliament Jules James were at the Parliament Building on Monday holding a coalition meeting with Member of Parliament Roy Marlin but none of them signed in for Tuesday's Parliamentary Meeting to discuss the agenda point requested by the National Alliance.
Present for the meeting were the Members of Parliament representing the National Alliance William Marlin, Louis Laveist, Lloyd Richardson, Hyacinth Richardson, George Pantophlet, Independent Member of Parliament Frans Richardson and the Chairlady of Parliament Gracita Arrindell who had to sign in for the meeting since she was the one to chair the meeting of parliament. The Chairlady opened the meeting at 10:30am and announced that there was no quorum to hold the meeting since there were only seven signatures while eight signatures were needed out of the 15 Member Parliament. The chairlady further stated that an official report will be made on the meeting and that the meeting will be re-scheduled within four times twenty four hours based on the rules of order.
nafactionmembers24012012Leader of the National Alliance William Marlin told members of the media shortly after the meeting was closed that the Members of Parliament representing the coalition namely the UP party does not know how to handle the meeting called by the National Alliance since it appears as though they cannot reach an agreement among themselves as to what direction to take. Marlin said everyone already knows that the members of the UP are divided on the issue involving Jules James since November 17th, 2011 when the motion was placed on the table for voting. Some of them he said voted against their conscience on November 17th, for party reasons they voted in favor of their motion and against the motion tabled by the National Alliance. The National Alliance leader said the meeting will be reconvened and they will watch to see what will happen then. "At this point in time there is not much we can say, the members of the coalition are within their rights to stay away and not sign in for the meeting while they are buying time to deal with the issue. One thing for sure is that they cannot stay away forever; if not there will be consequences." Marlin said based on the current rules of order, the Members of Parliament can stay away for a second time when the meeting is called again but on the third occasion the meeting will take place whether or not there is quorum and those that are present can vote on any motion since their vote will be considered a legal vote. Member of National Alliance faction Louis Laveist who was also present when his party leader made the statement said that the members of the coalition can run for now but they definitely cannot hide from what is coming to them.
In the meantime, SMN News learnt that the Members of the United Peoples Party could not find a consensus among their membership on how to deal with the issue surrounding their colleague. Sources close to the UP faction said that the UP members met all day on Monday and Tuesday morning to discuss a way forward. On Tuesday, the leader of the UP Faction Romain La Ville did not show up for the meeting. One source said that La Ville informed his faction that he is not the one that created the Jules James saga and he will not be the one to solve the problem.
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