DR HAMID GHANY

Sunday, December 23, 2012

On Tuesday December 11, 2012, the Jamaica Observer wrote an editorial about the governance practices in this country that created a minor stir, before it was recognised to contain more fiction than fa

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The changing political culture

Sunday, December 16, 2012

With the reforms approved by the PNM to their constitution, it is now apparent that the major political parties in the country are all now in a position to have their members play a more decisive role

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Re-Routing Pnm, Cop, Unc

Sunday, December 9, 2012

While the hunger strike of Dr Wayne Kublalsingh was taking place outside the Prime Minister’s Office, there were political undercurrents swirling around the political lagoon that saw the prospect for

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Enlarging the Independent benches

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Last week, President George Maxwell Richards made a proposal for an increase in the number of independent senators who sit in the Upper House.

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Constitution reform and Section 34

Sunday, November 25, 2012

At a press conference last week, the Leader of the Opposition, Dr Keith Rowley, raised the issue of the Section 34 controversy once more in relation to his visit to President George Maxwell Richards o

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Multiculturalism and coalitions

Sunday, November 18, 2012

In recent times, the issues of coalitions and of multiculturalism have formed their own coalition as the period leading up to the festival of Divali came to a crescendo last week.

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Integrity, Marches And Elections

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Last week, the controversy-ridden Integrity Commission found itself embroiled in more difficulties as a newspaper advertisement appeared immediately after the dissolution of the Tobago House of Assemb

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Fixing THA election date

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Now that the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has been dissolved, the next major step to be taken is for the President to fix an election date.

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The Senate President And The Presidency

Sunday, October 28, 2012

The recent call by the Leader of the Opposition, Dr Keith Rowley, for there to be constitutional reform to change the arrangements whereby the President of the Senate acts for the President of the Rep

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