Speak­er of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, Bridgid An­nisette-George yes­ter­day pro­vid­ed the guide­lines for to­mor­row’s his­toric mo­tion to re­move sit­ting Pres­i­dent Paula-Mae Weekes.

The Op­po­si­tion Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress last week sig­nalled its in­ten­tion to bring this mo­tion to re­move the Pres­i­dent over what they said was is her role in the fail­ure to pro­vide a Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice mer­it list to Par­lia­ment.

Ac­cord­ing to the guide­lines, the mo­tion re­quires a vote of not less than two-thirds of the to­tal mem­ber­ship of the Elec­toral Col­lege.

At the meet­ing of the Elec­toral Col­lege, the chair­man will call up­on the Mem­bers of the Col­lege to vote on the adop­tion of the mo­tion, with­out amend­ment or de­bate.

The clerk will then call on each mem­ber of the Elec­toral Col­lege to vote. Each mem­ber may vote by ver­bal­ly say­ing ei­ther yes or no, but if a mem­ber wants to ab­stain, then they re­main silent.

“The chair­man will then an­nounce the re­sult of the vote. The meet­ing of the Elec­toral Col­lege will be ad­journed by res­o­lu­tion,” the Speak­er said.

The mo­tion will on­ly suc­ceed if it is adopt­ed by at least two-thirds of the to­tal mem­ber­ship of the Elec­toral Col­lege.

If the vote is suc­cess­ful, then the Speak­er will in­form the Chief Jus­tice of the adop­tion of the mo­tion by the Elec­toral Col­lege.

“The Speak­er shall al­so forth­with in­form the Pres­i­dent of the adop­tion of the mo­tion by the Elec­toral Col­lege,” the Speak­er said.

If the mo­tion is de­feat­ed, the Speak­er shall then in­form the Pres­i­dent.

The Elec­toral Col­lege will be a uni­cam­er­al body made up of the Mem­bers of the Sen­ate and all the Mem­bers of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, all as­sem­bled to­geth­er.

The Speak­er of the House will sit as chair­man of this con­sti­tut­ed Elec­toral Col­lege. —Renu­ka Singh