The Press also asked Peyrefitte about the evolving conversation around the proposed element amendment to the constitution. That would make it so that persons who have been convicted and served time cannot offer themselves for the House of Representatives.
Well, that bill is presently before the House Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee and is now open to public consultations. The Committee will meet next Monday to hear the views and presentations of the public.
Today, the UDP Chairman said that he hopes those with input on it remember that the people of the Mesopotamia division voted for Shyne Barrow well aware that he had served time in prison:
Hon. Michael Peyrefitte, U.D.P. Senator
"When the Honorable Shyne Barrow put his name down to be elected, the people of Mesopotamia knew that he had spent ten years in prison, you know? This is a matter where the people knew the circumstances of the candidates that they had to choose from and the people said that we believe that a person can reform and a person can change and a person can serve us and the will of the people from Mesopotamia has the Shyne Barrow there. Even though the Constitution is the supreme law, I don't think that it is more supreme than the will of the people. What you are telling people is that there is no reform for a person who has spent more than a year in prison. I do something regrettable at nineteen years old and at forty-five years old I am a change person I can do anything within a society except represent the people; it is ridiculous."
