Everald Warmington's Private Motions - Somethings To Consider

Everald Warmington, MP.

 GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

1.     The House to Continue Debate on the Motions -

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Honourable House appoints the following Committees:

                           i.          The Constituency Boundaries Committee

                          ii.          The Regulations Committee

                         iii.          The Internal and External Affairs Committee

                       iv.          The Ethics Committee

                         v.          The Human Resources and Social Development Committee

                       vi.          The Infrastructure and Physical Development Committee

                      vii.          The Economy and Production Committee

                     viii.          Committee of Privileges

                        ix.          The Public Accounts Committee

                         x.          The Public Administration and Appropriations Committee

                        xi.          The Constituency Development Fund Committee

                       xii.          The House Committee

                     xiii.          The Standing Orders Committee

                    xiv.          The Private Bills Committee

                      xv.          The Caucus of Women Parliamentarians

 

 

2.     The House to Continue Debate on the Motion that a Bill entitled “An ACT to Amend the Criminal Justice (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act” be now read a second time.     

 

 

PRIVATE MEMBERS’ MOTIONS    NOTICE GIVEN ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025   1. Mr. C. Everald Warmington – To move -                                                [No. 1]                                                             WHEREAS the road infra-structure in most of the Housing Schemes in Jamaica are in deplorable conditions; AND WHEREAS these roads continue to deteriorate without any maintenance by Government;  AND WHEREAS some of these housing developments are in existence in excess of forty to fifty years;  AND WHEREAS successive Governments at the central and the local level have refused to assume full responsibility for these infra-structures; AND WHEREAS such actions by Government result in severe difficulties and suffering for Jamaicans living in these Housing schemes; AND WHEREAS these Residents are tax payers, most of whom are poor, less fortunate Jamaicans; BE IT RESOLVED that Parliament calls on the Government to immediately assume full responsibility for all road infra-structures in Housing Schemes throughout Jamaica, and commence the repairs and rehabilitation needed to bring all these roads to proper and usable condition; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in all future developments, a condition of the developmental approval, is that at the time of issuance of the first title to a Home Owner, the titles to all road infra-structure and common areas, be transferred to the Local Government, Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation, or any other local authority, including but not limited to the National Works Agency, in order that such entity can exercise the right of ownership inclusive of maintenance.      2.       Mr. C. Everald Warmington – To move –                                    [No. 2]                                                                                             WHEREAS section 35(3) of the Representation of the People Act states that The elector ….. shall forthwith enter the enclosed area of the polling centre so provided and there make a cross with a black lead pencil within the space containing the name of the candidate of his choice; AND WHEREAS there are other implements other than a black lead pencil that can also effect such mark for the candidate of one’s choice; AND WHEREAS there are other marks other than a Cross that an Elector may make in the place containing the name of the Candidate of one’s choice; BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House takes the necessary action to have the appropriate amendments done to section 35(3) of the Representation of the People Act, to provide that any implement that an elector finds appropriate or convenient to use to make the required mark, shall be lawful; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that further amendments be made to the said section 35(3) of the Representation of the People Act to make any mark on a ballot by an Elector in the place containing the name of the candidate of his choice or the intent of the elector can be decern, shall be valid, and not limited to a cross.     3.       Mr. C. Everald Warmington – To move –                                    [No. 3]                                                                                             WHEREAS section 41A(1) of the Representation of the People Act specifies that every candidate in an election may appoint such persons as he thinks fit to be outdoor agent and shall issue to any such outdoor agent appointed by him a certificate of appointment in the prescribed form specifying the polling station in respect of which the agent is appointed; AND WHEREAS in many cases returning officers, election day workers, auxiliary or one day Police and members of the Security Forces have prevented these said agents from effectively carrying out the functions for which they were appointed; AND WHEREAS the reason given is that these agents cannot be on the compound where the poll is being conducted, and in other cases that these agents must be hundreds of metres away from the polling stations; AND WHEREAS section 77(1) of the Representation of the People Act does not apply to Outdoor Agents; AND WHEREAS section 41A(3) of the Representation of the People Act specifies the distance of the outdoor agent to be not less than 20 yards from the polling station; AND WHEREAS no agent can carry out the function for which he or she was appointed, being such distance from where polling is being conducted; BE IT RESOLVED that section 41A(1) of the Representation of the People Act be amended to allow the persons appointed by a candidate as his agents, to be within the precincts of, and closer than the 20 yards to the Polling Stations as now specified, so that the agents will be able to carry out the duties for which the agents were appointed.   4.       Mr. C. Everald Warmington – To move –                                    [No. 4]                                                                                             WHEREAS section 33 of the Representation of the People Act specifies that The poll shall be taken in each polling station … between the hours of seven o’clock in the forenoon and five o’clock in the afternoon…..,; AND WHEREAS there are many changes to the circumstances which influenced the setting of the time for polling; AND WHEREAS we are now in an electronic age; BE IT RESOLVED that section 33 of the Representation of the People Act be amended, allowing the time for polling on an election day to be between the hours of seven in the forenoon and six in the afternoon.     5.       Mr. C. Everald Warmington – To move –                                    [No. 5]    WHEREAS section 44(3) of the Representative of the People Act states If, in the course of counting the votes any ballot paper is found with the counterfoil still attached thereto, the presiding officer shall (carefully concealing the numbers thereon from all persons present and without examining them himself) remove and destroy such counterfoil. He shall not reject the ballot merely by reason of his former failure to remove the counterfoil;  BE IT RESOLVED that this section be amended to add  … Or the counterfoil having been removed above or below the perforated lines. 6.       Mr. C. Everald Warmington – To move –                                    [No. 6]   WHEREAS, a partial verification of the voters list was done more than 15 years ago; AND WHEREAS the current voters list reflects a distorted number of actual electors in Jamaica, but instead an inflated number; AND WHEREAS the numbers given after an election as a voter turn out do not reflect the true percentage; BE IT RESOLVED, that the Government immediately, provides the funds necessary for the Electoral Office of Jamaica, to embark on a total reverification of the voters in Jamaica.    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE