UK Opens Door to Slash Bermuda MPs
At
the first day of the Overseas Territories Consultative Council
meeting in London this week, Bermuda Premier Jennifer Smith asked
the UK to consider substantial constitutional changes to abolish
twin seat constituencies and reduce the number of Bermuda MPs
to less than 20. The issue was also raised at the recent meeting
of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers. In a move to give Bermuda
and the other overseas territories more power over their own affairs,
it is believed that the UK has given permission for the territories
to form their own constitutional committees and open an ongoing
dialogue with the UK concerning constitutional change. .
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