The Editor, Sir:

The article by Rev Devon Dick under the heading 'Well said, Daryl Vaz', published on June 10, has essentially added to the unfounded fears about Jamaicans with dual citizenship. The fears, it seems, are driven by an anticipation of the frightened that holders of dual citizenship will compromise the interests of Jamaica in the future, if they are elected to Parliament.

Ridiculous

As far as I know, none of those harbouring such fears are seers, including Rev Dick, so to deny those of us with such status the ability to serve in Parliament is not only unfair but downright ridiculous. If I am not mistaken, the Constitution allows those released from jail, after serving time for criminal acts, the right to be parliamentarians. Therefore, the message being sent by the Constitution is that former criminals are held in higher regard than those of us whose singular 'crime' is to be in possession of dual citizenship. Perhaps only 'criminal lunatics', as defined in the Constitution, rank lower.

My own conjecture

I will add my own bit of conjecture. Let's suppose that a Jamaican living in the US had the solution that would eradicate the scourge of crime from the island and wanted to implement it, but only under the condition that he is elected to Parliament. Would the issue of dual citizenship be a factor then, or would 99 per cent of the populace view the skewed provision in the Constitution as inapplicable?

I am, etc,

WINSTON L. STEWART, PE

messengjah@msn.com