MPs To Decide On Holness’ Fate Monday

Members of the par­lia­men­tary oppo­si­tion are to meet on Monday to decide on the fate of Andrew Holness fol­low­ing his loss in the Appeals Court ear­li­er this week. The meet­ing was orig­i­nal­ly planned for today.

It was called by Leader of Opposition Business in the House, Derick Smith, who says he will pledge his sup­port for Holness. The Court of Appeal threw out an appeal by Holness in the Senate seat saga and made it abun­dant­ly clear that Senators Arthur Williams and Dr Christopher Tufton did not resign in 2013 and must retake their posi­tions in the Senate. Minutes after the rul­ing Wednesday, Delroy Chuck resigned from the Shadow Cabinet and urged Holness to do the same. The par­ty was thrown into tur­moil last month when the Constitutional Court ruled that Holness act­ed uncon­sti­tu­tion­al­ly when he used undat­ed, unsigned res­ig­na­tion let­ters to oust Tufton and Williams from the Senate. There were reports that the par­ty was divid­ed on what was to become of the Opposition Leader. Several heat­ed meet­ings were held with­in the par­ty to deter­mine his fate. Meanwhile, Senators Williams and Tufton are expect­ed to retake their seats in the Upper House this morning.