Bush back in driving seat for new parliament
(CNS): Speaker of the House McKeeva Bush is heading up the new independent Parliament Management Council, putting him back at the centre of Cayman politics, despite his conviction late last year for a violent assault, the controversy that surrounded it and his very narrow victory in West Bay West. Bush held the first meeting of the new nine-member board that will run the country’s seat of democracy. Under the Parliament Management Act, 2020, the council is chaired by the speaker, and includes the deputy speaker, the premier, three government MPs as well as the opposition leader and two opposition MPs.
The council functions on behalf of the Parliamentary Management Commission, which comprises all 19 members of the House. Under the law, the commission is responsible for the administration and management of Parliament.
“This is a historic moment as we have established ourselves as an autonomous Parliament and that we will ensure matters are addressed efficiently and effectively,” said Bush in a release after the first meeting. “Obviously, some issues will be dealt with expeditiously while others will be executed in a timely manner. Of critical importance is modernising our Standing Orders to reflect the contemporary times and render them more acceptable procedurally.”
The commission’s functions include the budget, financial and operational matters relating to Parliament; establishing the executive, management and administrative structure of the commission, managing staff, regulating its internal management, providing advice and research facilities, selling laws, the reporting of parliamentary proceedings, as well as maintaining the building and the security of parliament.
In addition to Bush, the new council members are Deputy Speaker Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, Premier Wayne Panton, Deputy Premier Christopher Saunders, Minister Sabrina Turner, Parliamentary Secretary Isaac Rankine, Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart, and opposition MPs Joey Hew and Alden McLaughlin.
The clerk of Parliament, Zena Merren-Chin, is the ex-officio, non-voting member. As one of its first tasks, the council appointed her as the chief officer of the Parliamentary Management Commission.
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This is absolutely disgusting that such a deplorable excuse of a human being can be allowed to be roaming free in public, let alone serving and representing these islands a a member of parliament. He DESERVES to be in prison. Shame on you Cayman for voting for this pathetic excuse for a human being. SHAME ON YOU
The sore that will never go away thanks to the brilliant voters in West Bay.
Wow, I guess this toilet is realllly clogged with feces… If this is the best they can offer the people…
Women that voted for him. What are you thinking
shopping probably…
Too bad not enough women in West Bay didn’t like Marco.
Meanwhile, while he isn’t running parliament he is running all over town with two new Ministers meeting with private sector to let them know that its business as usual for investors and developers. You can bet Marl Road won’t cover that thought. Stay woke people or he will be your next Premier and running this country.
“Real estate consulting” no doubt.
I thought that anyone being convicted of a crime excluded membership in the parliament. Did Mr. Bush change the law?
And there go all the hopes and dreams of a new and perfect world , having ousted the evil progressives,….only to replace them with Mac.
At least the last lot seemed to have some control over him, this bunch are.behaving as his worshippers.
The first question that comes to mind? Is, does this man have no shame? But of course we all know the answer, so the next question has to be, do the ruling MP’s have any, doesn’t look like it!
So is the ‘honourable’ chairman also writing the code of conduct we were told about or does he just have a veto on its contents?
I am not sure what the best descriptor is – appalling, disgusting, nauseating, revolting, or maybe just business as usual.
Somebody please tell me that we can revoke his passport so that his embarrassing behavior can be limited to Cayman.
The expression ‘Teflon Don’ comes to mind.
Hard man fi dead bwoy.
MLA’s are above the law it would seem! get used to it fellow caymanians…
What in the actual eF.
Now they are ALL complicit to encouraging a Convicted Domestic Abuser to remain at the helm of this POS country. And you wonder why people get so angry? Why people have lost all respect? And what makes this place a POS.
I’ll bears repeating; You can’t make this up. You can’t fix stupid. This place is a BANANA Republic (think- T&C type stuff) full of corruption and you cannot see it any differently. If you can’t under stand this, you are also complicit and ignorant.
Sometimes the truth hurts, doesn’t it.
Disgusting! Morons in charge!
“My mama told me……”
It wasn’t domestic abuse. He got blind drunk and assaulted someone.
Doesn’t matter if it was a man or a woman.
Thank God, for his victim she wasn’t in a domestic situation with him!
Embarrassing
Disgusting.
In 10 -15 years when there are people being beaten, the public will wonder why there is such an uptick.
Kids learn what adults show them.
Any wagers on how long it will be before the ‘honourable’ one makes his continued support of this government contingent on his being made “National Hero”?
Welcome back Kee Kee!
‘This is a historical moment…..” said Bush as he looked around and chuckled quietly, barely controlling his smugness as he wondered to himself – ‘Its good to be king!”
Bush in charge again! – CNS you need to install a ‘vomit’ button to adequately show the level of disgust.
Sounds good to me.
This man has no shame and by extension the Cayman Islands people that directly, or indirectly support him.
So they’re managing themselves with Mac at the helm? What could go wrong.
all I can say is sickening
The more things change the more they stay the same. The Unity Govt was held together by Mac and so is this one
Is there any way we can toss out this sack of garbage?
Legally or otherwise?
I get the various and often nefarious reasons no-one here wants to swing the axe to get rid of this guy but isn’t it an embarrassment to the crown…more so than political bullying or even money laundering? A senior political member of a UK colony is a recently convicted woman abusing homophobe who received during his last term a curfew as punishment for beating up a young lady. The stepped in for the same sex debate…what about this?
It’s on your watch, not theirs. They don’t care what you get up to amongst yourselves.
Exactly what experience do Ms Ebanks-Wilks, Christopher Saunders, Sabrina Turner, and Isaac Rankine, have in Parliamentary protocol and procedures, to warrant their appointment on the Management Council?.
None they all learning on the job.
To the victor goes the spoils.
Suck it up, will you?
And exactly what qualities does the disgraced speaker have to head such a group.
He is good at beating women
He dee man.
Exactly what experience did any of our MLAs have when they first entered the ring?
Nada.
Be patient. They are working on it now.
Their front bench is really short on experience. Wayne did what a typical politician would do, he allowed him emotion to cloud his judgement and stop him from working with the PPM. He claimed it was because of Mac … I wonder if any of you that voted for him have woken up yet? He did a brilliant marketing job but he is still the same old Wayne. Good luck PACT!