Lawyers: Referendum flawed
(CNS): A legal opinion sought by the non-profit grassroots initiative, Cruise Port Referendum, has concluded that there are a number of serious flaws relating to the referendum process regarding the port and the draft bill, which will be debated in the Legislative Assembly on Monday. Based on the significant legal issues surrounding the proposed bill, the campaigners have written to government urging changes to this bill that will address these problems to avoid a courtroom challenge.
From the phrasing of the question to the issue of campaign finance, public policy legal experts have found a long list of grounds on which this law can be challenged under judicial review, delaying the process. Campaigners are therefore urging the government to address the flaws as they debate the bill.
“It is our opinion that the process has been unfair from the outset and neglects to provide the highest standards of international best practice, fairness and equality which is crucial in the democratic process,” the CPR campaigners stated in a press release, in which they published the 16-page legal opinion and their letter to the government.
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The activists explained that, following widespread concern from the community on aspects of the bill, which has created a perception of inequity, unfairness and being undemocratic, CPR said they instructed lawyers to look at their concerns.
Acting on their behalf, local legal firm Broadhurst sought an opinion from public policy experts in London and have sent the findings of Helen Mountfield QC, from Matrix Chambers, to various parties ahead of this debate to avoid a legal showdown and to keep the process on track.
The experts found a number of legal challenges over the order in which the government has set the process. But beyond legal technicalities, the lawyers have also found much more significant concerns for the voters.
Mountfield found the referendum question lacks neutrality, has wrongly included the issue of the cargo and that the date set creates significant problems, including the disenfranchisement of 220 new voters. She also noted the lack of control over campaign finance, the decision to allow the sale of liquor on Referendum Day, and concluded that the bill is unconstitutional as well as being incompatible with a global referendum convention, among other issues, all of which open it to a legal challenge.
In the press release outlining the decision to ask government to make the changes before it moves on any potential legal action, the CPR said the legal opinion confirms the concerns that they have been raising since they manged to collect the necessary number of signatures on the petition required to trigger a people’s referendum, as set out in the Cayman Constitution.
“We feel it is in the public interests to share this information as we are guided by the principles of accountability, transparency and good governance,” the campaigners stated in the release revealing the legal opinion and their request to government.
In the letter to government and other officials, the lawyers ask them to address the consequences of how it has so far managed the campaign and agree a procedure for the vote that would be compatible with the Constitution. The lawyers stated that the legal opinion makes it seem likely that, if they press ahead as is, the law would be unconstitutional, leading to a judicial review and a stay on the date of the vote as a result.
The lawyers indicate that the government campaigning to date and the use of public funds is contrary to the Code of Good Practice on Referendums, and urge it to change the approach to avoid the costly battle and delay. The lawyers ask government to amend the bill to create a fair and transparent people-initiated referendum, carried out expeditiously and without undue expense.
The activists said they were sharing the opinion with government and the public because it was important for voters to know all the details surrounding this referendum process before they cast their ballot.
“We all deserve to have accurate information on the referendum process before going to the polls to vote on this matter of national importance…” the activists stated, adding that they are “committed to representing the views of the public and have sought answers and information” from the Cayman government and the preferred bidder, Verdant Isles, for several months “with no acknowledgement or updated information and full details provided to date”.
The campaigners said they would continue to advocate and question the referendum process but also urged voters to lobby their own MLAs Sunday. They urged people to email their representatives setting out concerns they have about the referendum and asking them to vote to amend the bill, Monday.
See the legal opinion and the letter to the government in the CNS Library
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Once sgain we see CPR trying to intimidate the duly elected Government of the Cayman Is. Like some people say these people intend to win at all costs even if it destroys the Cayman Is.
The transparent corruption of your government is shocking!
Wow!
I think the question should be set to: Do we want potentially more cruise ship passengers in Cayman? The dumbest, cheapest class of tourist you can find willing to travel outside of the crack den they call M’urica
Riddle me this: even if that were the question, how do we get another 500,000/year, a 25% increase over “the best” arrival year of all time, reducing capacity to 4 ships from 8, and without the existence of the larger ships in any quantity or frequency to move the headcount needle? Oh, and the genius Unity Regime has obliged the CI public to pay hundreds of millions of dollars (exponentially more than any previous tendering subsidies) to cover the ever-widening Financial spread for next few decades…it’s illogical from every possible angle.
Whatever we do CIG and their financial backers will always win. I’m not saying people shouldn’t try but it’s always going to be like shoveling s*** into the tide.
Teedee, that nor’wester don’t care bout who is who. When she hit, she goin’ carry the whole government with her.
I was watching Unnatural selection (2019) on Netflix last night. The documentary must not be missed as it shows the opening of Pandoras’ box. An enlightening series on a subject that scares most people. Gene editing is the future. It is much debated and this is a nice introduction to both sides of said debate.
Episode 3 is about proposed eradication or misquotes in Africa and rats in NZ with gene modification technologies. You will see how people are manipulated, skillfully shamed for questioning so called “progress” in a bio hacking field; human rights, personal freedoms are also discussed at length and much much more.
What does it have to do with Cayman referendum? A lot! It is an eye opener on how major decisions that would potentially affect the entire planet and couldn’t be undone made, about democratic process, personal freedoms and more.
If you still doubt on how to vote and why it is very important that the referendum process is done right, watch the series, it will enlighten on so many issues the world is facing today, including Cayman. Seemingly local impact of the proposed project could have butterfly effect where and when you least expect it.
Once you cave in and proceed, it can’t be undone.
Pull up pull up everybody, as fe me and 40 family votes we a go voteYES. So ona na wash no face. Sene. Bless.
Faker.
Jah Dread,
Una wan vote yes? No problem! Mek sure u no threaten or bully una family.
He’s a faker.
I and I bredren stand together Breda or sistra @9:27. Jah RastafarI Raaaaaspect.
Jah Faker
…said the idiot
Please understand the mindsets of typical activists. I said this from the beginning, they want NOTHING TO DO with a referendum, nor do they care about the majority otherwise they would respect the general election outcome. What they ARE interested in, is overturning the results of any vote, to satisfy their personal agenda. See Brexit, this is the same mindset.
This is why now they want to delay the vote, or they want to make is so that a no-show is an automatics NO vote (of course), or they want to push for a simple majority of the polled results.
Activists … YOU are pushing for this agenda, therefore *Y O U* have to produce the majority of the E L E C T O R A T E to come out and vote for >>YOUR<< NO VOTE!
The rest of us ALREADY VOTED in the general election!
What general election outcome?
The hung parliament we had? Where 2 parties that ran against each other decided to break their own campaign promises and work together?
The PPM has no majority, they lost 3 sitting ministers, the petition has garnered more support from registered voters than the total number of PPM votes in 2017
The idea that this petition is anything like Brexit is farcical and anyone claiming that needs to get their head examined
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I think what Alden and Moses have to recognize here that although this referendum is lead by the CPR, it is a People’s Referendum. CPR is not a political party and from what I gather their membership is small. Please remember that this about the People’s VOTE. All of us not just the Government or CPR. We all can make a difference!
I believe that even within Alden’s ranks there are some in disagreement with him but fall in line like sheep to the slaughter.
It would be a downright shame if Caymanians feel intimidated to come out and vote just because Alden says you should stay home..Shame on you Alden for crafting the question this way and then telling people to just stay home…Whether YES or NO everybody should be encouraged to express their position by voting..
You think that CPR is not politically driven? Boy you fool.
Very surprising to find a QC that will give you the opinion that you would like to hear.
BTW, do they change to KC after Chuck takes over?
Yes they do.
simply based on pursuing proper principle & true democratic values the CPR have inadvertently exposed the pomposity and autocratic brand of this Govt on this issue as well as Govt in general. The people of the Cayman Islands should pay attention to where this new guard has brought us, recognize it, embrace the precedent being set as well as understand the platform being presented to use the power of your vote, – our friends up North the best example of choosing complacency over opportunity except for us the port is for life.
Excellent!
CPR: We want a vote on the cruise ship port decision
Govt: Okay, we will have one
CPR: You need to delay the vote, it isn’t fair
What the heck!
CPR: We want a vote on the cruise ship port decision.
Govt: Okay, we will have a vote on the cruise ship and cargo enhancements.
CPR: That’s not what we asked for!
Critical thinking isn’t your forte, is it?
Read 8:15 comment until you get it. We don’t live in 18th century anymore. If you have hard time understanding what is going on, nothing is wrong with continuing education at any age.
What an asinine tw*t you are. Firstly government at no time said “okay, we will have one”. CIG did everything in their power to ensure that the petition failed, including pressuring CS employees not to sign it on pain of being sacked. Now they have to have a referendum, having been forced by the people to do so. Now government are doing everything possible everything to block that vote from being successful, from funding misinformation campaigns out of public funds to choosing Christmas dates to using bad wording of the question and telling people not to vote and stay at home. Doesn’t remotely sound like your pathetic attempt to spin untruths. Like the UK with brexit, this will end up in court and CIG in contempt of court and hopefully in jail. No new port!!!
You expose that you lack confidence in your own arguments by resorting to personal.insults. Have a nice week!
You clearly don’t know much about the CS. It is next to impossible to fire someone. CS employees are protected by a different set of rules then the private sector.
Your comment that they would be fired is baseless and misinformed.
Also since when did Christmas holidays start on December 19th?
Ok, since you don’t seem able to extrapolate….
First of all, government schools close at 1pm on the 18th. For kids, the Christmas holidays start at 1:01 on the 18th. Because kids are out of school, for many Caymanian families, Christmas starts at 1:01 on the 18th.
In addition, most businesses close at noon on Tuesday the 24th. If the 19th is a public holiday, then if someone wants to maximise their time off, all they have to do is take the 20th, 23rd and half day on the 24th off in order to have an 8-day vacation. If you also take the 27th off, you can have an 11-day vacation by taking 3.5 days off. I guarantee that many people will take one of those two opportunities and I’m sure the government thought of that when they picked the date.
That is far from what it is happening. They are asking for a fair and just vote that isn’t deliberately placed in the middle of holidays to suppress voter turnout. Nor a question that contemplates the cargo facility which was not part of the cruise berthing plan in 2015 and was not addressed in the Business case nor the environmental impact assessment.
They want a vote but a fair one.
You forgot the part about the government voting against the idea in the house when they had the chance to do it themselves in 2018
and then spending a quarter of a million dollars advertising against the people utilizing a clause of the constitution
But why bother being factual when you can just push the government’s talking points like the sheeple you are
if the the envirnomental challenges can be overcome i am generally pro-port.
however the dirty tricks constantly being pulled by the ppm leave me no option but to vote against it.
all the ppm ever had to do was be up front and honest with the people…..they failed on all counts.
I agree with you however it’s my opinion that there is no way the environmental impact can be overcome or mitigated and will devastate many acres of priceless reef. Furthermore the supposed economic benefit will not materialise and could well be negative and that in 25 years we’ll be ‘given back’ a collosal maintenance liability, having lost 25 years of passenger fees. The project makes no sense to me on any level.
As a voter who registered when I became eligible to vote in Cayman, I have been interested in the affairs of important public issues in our island long before these “heroes” of CPR took on the campaign to perpetuate tendering operations in Cayman, rather than providing much more convenient, comfortable and safe facilities for cruise passengers and cruise ships to use to get off and on cruise ships calling in Grand Cayman. I considered it my responsibility as a Caymanian to vote, not just on issues inflamed by activists, but in general elections, by-elections, and referendums whenever either of those opportunities arose. I am happy to see that at least one positive outcome of all this is that perhaps hundreds of people who might not have registered to vote, have now registered and hopefully those additional voters will participate more fully in our democratic processes. But I, like the vast majority of other registered voters, didn’t wait on any activist to finally convince me to register to vote for their cause.
The more I hear from CPR however, the more I see them trying all sorts of ways to prevent the referendum actually taking place. It seems that they really are getting up to screaming-fever pitch trying to delay this by any means possible. These “heroes” who claimed they weren’t being funded by anybody motivated to protect tendering revenues, must have suddenly discovered a pot of gold because English QC’s and Judicial Reviews don’t come cheap! Whoever is providing the money to CPR to fund all this legal advice and potential legal action, obviously must be very interested stakeholders.
One of the cruise companies, Royal Caribbean which has the biggest ships in the Caribbean, has made it public in the news media that their biggest ships presently sail right past Cayman because it is impractical to tender those ships. Another cruise line, Carnival, has made it public in the news media that they are getting those big ships too, and so Carnival’s new biggest ships aren’t going to be stopping here either. They have given us fair warning. Our government could ignore the cruise companies rather than have to deal with all that CPR is throwing at them, but it would be at the peril of the many people in Cayman whose livelihood some way or another depends on cruise tourism here flourishing. The Department of Tourism has made it public in the news media that cruise arrivals so far this year are significantly lower than last year, so I guess we should not be surprised.
I will admit I did not sign CPR’s petition. Now I am increasingly happy that I didn’t. Now that I see how CPR is going on, now that they are trying to hold up the referendum they insisted had to happen, I am becoming more and more “anti-CPR”. I am fed up with them and their delaying tactics. It took them a whole year, going door to door and stopping people outside supermarkets, to get 25% of registered voters to sign their petition. Do they care about the opinions and the livelihoods of the 75% of us who didn’t sign it? That is three-quarters of voters in the Cayman Islands who did not sign their petition. So now they are trying to force that 3/4 majority of us Caymanian voters to have to keep on putting up even longer with their bickering against every little aspect of what the government is doing with this port and this referendum. The longer this gets delayed, the longer it will be before these new bigger ships will be coming to Cayman, and the longer the negative impact of that will be upon the Caymanians whose incomes depend at least in part on cruise tourism. I personally know many of those people, and I have heard their concerns about not having a proper cruise berthing here.
CPR you are really getting on our nerves now. You’re getting your referendum. Let it happen, find out whether a majority of voters agree with you or not, but for goodness’ sake let’s get this over and done with!
I couldn’t have written it more clearly….. Said the ppm PR company. The problem with getting professionals to right something supposed to contain genuine emotion is that it’s never authentic.
LOL! You are soooo wrong! Once I stop laughing, I guess I should take it as a compliment that you believe I am the PPM’s PR company – or any PR company for that matter! But sorry 8:01 am you’re way off track.
I am simply what I said I am: a Caymanian registered voter who took it as my civic duty to write, as clearly as I could, a blog post to counteract what in my humble opinion is foolishness. Is it so hard for you to believe that there are articulate Caymanians who are getting fed up with CPR’s delaying tactics? It’s sad to hear that’s really how little you think of Caymanians and our capabilities.
Like I said, I registered to vote because I considered that also my civic duty in a democracy – even though at the time of registration I full well realised that would put me on the jury duty pool, which I’ve heard is the reason/excuse why a number of eligible people don’t register to vote.
If all that together really makes me a PR professional, then I guess I should change careers! But 8:01 pm I suppose you don’t own a PR company do you? Or if you do, are you hiring and where should I submit my resume?
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
Of course, you’re no lady. … or are you?
The arrogance of young liberals is to assume that anyone who disagrees with them eloquently is paid to do so since only they can be smart, intelligent and cogent.
What do liberals have to do with this? Or are you just generalizing your hatred for forward thinkers?
Gov bot. You’re an idiot if you can’t see the pollution that cruise ships bring with them
Only an idiot would not realize the cruiseships have been here for the last 40-50 years
With a massive expiry date soon come.
@6:23 you are clearly a paid professional blogger or the type of willfully blind supporter of the unity govt.
Nice try but we see your desperate attempts to justify the actions of this government that have demonstrated a lack of respect for the voters which caused over twenty five percent to sign the petition. The Premier and Cabinet have placed every obstacle in the way to prevent the referendum and continue to make up the rules at every opportunity plus lied to the public spending public fund with a pr campaign that is best described as a disaster.
CPR has led the charge to secure the people’s referendum that is a fact no matter how you or the govt try to spin it.
I would say, “Shut up Twins!,” but the post is too slick to be one of the twins.
Nice try 6:13 am. You sound like a broken record but know some manipulative techniques.
Who paid you to write that? No one in their right mind can argue this makes any sense.
Blatent PR piece. LOL.
Kirkbots at it again
hey 6:13 am- Bigger ships aren’t better ships! Ever thought about trying to save our ecosystem and focus on bringing smaller, boutique ships with people who actually spend money when they come onshore??? No, you haven’t!
What CPR is trying to do is protect the main reason why tourists come here in the first place, as well as protect what we as Caymanians would like our children and generations after to be able to witness!!! You have no clue the destruction these massive ships will cause! Voting NO doesn’t mean we don’t want to enhance the current berthing facility, it just means we don’t want to destroy our environment with this crazy, far-fetched plan that CAN NOT guarantee any of their claims about the ecosystem, or who’s actually paying for this! What about those 900 jobs that are now being advertised as 200? Why is it OK for gov’t to use OUR PUBLIC PURSE to pay for their Pro-Port Campaign? Why is that okay? Who cares who’s funding CPR!! It’s not the public’s money so it really doesn’t matter!
The one thing you mention that I will agree with, is how great it is to see so many more eligible voters register. It’s nice to witness our community realizing they have a voice that can be heard, and listened to! This gov’t has done some corrupt and shady sh#% over the years, and it’s time we VOTE THEM OUT too! By I digress…
CPR is fighting to delay the referendum b/c of a few issues… one, why on earth would they schedule it 6 days before Christmas? And why is it okay to sell alcohol on an election day…. has that ever been okay before? NO! So why now?? And why, for an issue of NATIONAL IMPORTANCE would anyone who is eligible to vote be denied in having their say on this referendum? Rules are meant to be changed if it’s for the better of society, for our democracy!! This corrupt gov’t has the power to change that law that talks about how many (ridiculous) weeks it takes to verify someone to be able to actually vote; and if they don’t care to change it, no worries… just make the date of the referendum AFTER Jan 1st so that they CAN vote! So yes, let it happen, but let it happen with the same rules they apply for when it SUITS THEM!!!
#votethemout
#voteNO
1 ship (carrying just 1500 more passengers) every two weeks (during high season) does not equate to an additional 500,000+ arrivals that might hope to offset the pledge made by this amateur Unity negotiation team to finance the widening arrivals spread…to the tune of hundreds of millions of OUR dollars over the next three decades. Money we can’t borrow or spend without genuine sacrifice and social consequences for ALL Caymanians; to the added enrichment of foreign liners whose passengers repel our current GDP-contributing stayover guests!!
Good move, but it just means the government will spend more public money hiring a more expensive QC.
There is no reason in a jurisdiction this small that we cannot implement a system of same day voter registration
This entire convoluted system was written by politicians to disenfranchise as many people as possible in an effort to preserve the status quo and discourage people from voting.
It is the same reason why the SIPL law has not been put into force, why district advisory councils are not in place as required by the constitution
It is a known fact, the more hoops you make people jump through to do something as infrequent as voting the less likely they are to do it
We need to encourage participation in elections from the age of 18 which starts with mandatory mock elections in schools and mandatory civics classes
This government is a disgrace, the Independent MLAs who prop it up are a disgrace and they ought to be voted out of office at the earliest opportunity
I am disgusted at the lack of integrity in our politicians. I am certain that it is connected to their masonic connections.
Agreed, only up to the end of your first sentence. And I have no Masonic connections.
Well done CPR and thank your for taking the initiative to start this movement!
I was neutral but i am so fed up of CPR and their twisting of the truth and their wining. You want an honest answer. Let the the people vote as soon as possible. Let’s get this behing us as soon ad possible.
So lets get this straight
The government has been pushing this project for years despite widespread opposition
Without displaying any concern for the opinion of the people or their roles as representatives
And you are fed up with CPR, a group that has existed for just over a year?
You are fine with the CIG spending almost 250,000 in a year trying to justify a plan they claim they already have a mandate and majority support for in the country
You are fine with the lies and the half truths and the misinformation being pushed by the government, a government that went out of their way to prevent the vote from happening themselves when they had the chance to do so in 2018 that would have saved everyone involved a year of their time
But you take issue with a group of concerned citizens whose petition has garnered the support of thousands of registered voters (more voters than voted for the PPM in the last election)
Lets be real, you aren’t neutral, you have a side
and you lot will do anything to discredit this vote and those who have allowed it to happen
Perceived widespread opposition, a result of a few blowhards with zero credibility.
I am not part of CPR and I have talked with literally hundreds of people about the port. I have met exactly three people who support it (two because of businesses that cater to cruise passengers) and all the other people I’ve spoken with are against it. In my office, everybody I’ve spoken to is against it!
25% of registered voters that signed the petition proved otherwise. Also don’t forget the silent majority and thousands of civil servants who will vote on referendum day
Well said!
You’re an idiot.
You were neutral or too scared to criticize what the government was doing? If you wanted the answer soon as possible maybe you should’ve criticized the government for taking MONTHS to respond after the votes were verified and picking a referendum date six months later during the busiest time of the year.
Truth is you probably had no idea a referendum could be done particularly with this matter and you were too afraid to be a part of the group challenging the mental XXXXery that runs Cayman politics, bobo.
And this is my biggest issue with the referendum. People who are neutral. They will not vote but be counted as a yes vote. On an island with such a small population , every “yes” vote due to non voting should also be verified as a true yes vote in a similar fashion to the CPR verification. One vote can make a difference. Let us not forget the errors that exist on every voter list – i.e. People who died or moved away that were not removed from the list. They will also be “yes” votes unfortunately. It really should be majority of voters that actually cared enough to vote.
Remember politicians work for use Any MLA that supports the port must be voted out in 2021. Every voter has that power use it wisely.
Punctuation?
Caymanians, please do not lose sight of the question at hand…Do you want a building project to destroy/diminish/damage the very uniqueness of your island? What you may see as evening the playing field with other port stops will put you on the list of islands whose beauty we can only talk about in the past tense…”I wish you could have seen it when…”
This reminds me of a similar legal challenge to the 3000 status grants with no basis other than connections. How far did that get?
Obviously CPR are a serious set of people. Every time people of the government say they cannot do something they prove them wrong. Cayman hasn’t encountered a movement like this before. Dismiss them at your own peril.
Thank you CPR
Ummm, the Cabinet status grants were plainly unlawful for large numbers of recipients, including particularly many of the recipients who had lived in Cayman for less than 5 years. That nothing happened (after the court determined that at the very least those contending the grants were unlawful had an arguable case) is as much an abject failure of our police and anti corruption agencies as anything else. It is a blemish on the history of these Islands and continues to cause significant harm to our society and our economy.
We didn’t particularly like Bush’s politically-expedient fast lane 2003 Grants, which were around 3000 in number. At least 2000 of those were fully-legit folk that had unarguably been living and contributing for decades, and many of them are since deceased. You can google the list and scrutinize against the current Electoral role and tell us how many impostors you think there are? Feel free to report those! Could it be a hundred of our nearly 22,000? It’s time we put on our grown-up pants and stopped pretending those Grants from 16 years ago (a generation!) are the root of our ills, or move the needle today in any direction. Over half the expansion in electoral role has occurred post-Ivan, despite 2008 rollover and the PPM’s illegal/immoral suspension of the process for almost 4 years. Many of those votes are expat votes, Caymanian nonetheless, and are just as pissed off as anyone else! We all need to unite as Caymanians on Dec19.
It ended up bringing on a change in government, that’s what it got. And so will this.
How? Mac was in control for years after. AND he is speaker now!
Not from May 2005 to May 2009 he wasn’t. And not from 2013 to 2017 he wasn’t. What are you talking about?
If the change happened why was he premier again? That doesn’t sound like change.
You mean why was he premier again from 2009 until he was unceremoniously dumped in December 2012? Because people were so fed up with the PPM’s over spending and Alden’s arrogance that they voted his party back in. But none of that changes the fact that the Cabinet status grants caused a chance in government in 2005.
I see. Don’t get me wrong, both suck. But I don’t get how it was a government shake up for him to only end up as premier again. I’m learning more about the politics here and what I gather is the choices are terrible. Let’s hope a few of these young ones with foresight will try a political career.
Alden messed up bad and will be $hitting his pants
Not the first time he has “messed up”.
CPR are the voice of the public. Brave Rascals we owe all of you a massive debt of gratitude
Here! Here!
And, if I may, also to CNS for giving some of us less brave rascals a public forum to be heard and to cheer on CPR!
Where? Where?
There, there.
CPR don’t represent me, my family and many people that I know. All voters!
The lies told to the public by Premier Alden McLaughlin and Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell will lead to the collapse of the negotiations with Verdant Isle. The Judicial Review application will confirm their abuses based on the actions of the Premier and his Cabinet. Then Verdant Isle will pull out causing the deal to die.
The Unity Government failed to listen to the mood of the masses now they will all pay the price. The people are speaking loud and clear but the politicians are tone deaf.
Alden may come across as arrogant at times. But a liard he is not.
What’s that, a liar or a lizard ? Or maybe both ?
LOL. The post.should have read “A liar he is not”.
We coming at Verdant Isle and CIG with cow cod in hand.
CIG probably got legal advice on the Referendum from the same lawyers who told them a good strategy for winning their case in the SSM suit was admitting the system was discriminatory and then saying “but we like it like that so its fine”
These guys are losing the plot. No one is going to be confused by the question. It’s a simple yes or no.
They all know there is no law. Clearly their aim is to tie up the process in litigation for months and years instead of getting on with an actual referendum.
Let’s vote, pick our direction and move forward either way.
Kirkbots are all upset because they got out maneuvered again by cpr.
The lies told by government and pro-port side about the cruise berthing project are being exposed daily. The Judicial Review action will spell the end of the project under this Unity Government.
5.24pm Yet the Kirkbots are out in force again on this article, earning their money.
I wonder if the Kitbots are aware that Kirk Freeport may be sold to Dart fairly soon
Better check Snopes on that one.
Minus the 200 newly registered voters and leading up to the holiday season when people will be less inclined to show up
Wonder why you see no issues
Thank you CPR you all are heroes we thank you for your courage and commitment.
I’m one of them 220 new voters and I specifically registered so I could vote on this referendum so am extremely disappointed that I cannot.
The application for Judicial Review will give you the opportunity to vote whenever the referendum is held but I will bet $100 that it will not go forward on 19th December 2019 once the application is filed by CPR in the Grand Court.
You should thank everybody connected to the group of Caymanians in CPR who are very active organized brave to challenge the madness from the Premier and his government
We already booked our flights, accommodation and rental cars for the free Christmas shopping holiday which CPR so thoughtfully gave us. We will file our own judicial review should this holiday be taken away from us unconstitutionally.
Go for it! A fool and his money are easily parted and I’m sure there are lawyers who will part you from yours!
Hey, if CPR can waste their money (wait, is it theirs though?), I can waste mine too.
Me too. I just became eligible in August and registered immediately.
Enjoy jury duty, sucka!
…and this is the type of foolishness why the younger generation won’t register. So what if they have to do Jury Duty? I’ve been registered for 10+ years, and have never done Jury Duty once. Further more Cayman behaves like it’s a bad thing.
You, the one who can’t see past their gut to realise the millions whom have died fighting for your freedom to vote. Takes a few minutes and I assure you that you’ll still have the rest of your day off. Wanker.