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Falklands' lawmaker confirms Canadian full support for self determination
Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Mike Summers, currently in Ottawa to meet Canadian Liberal and Conservative members of parliament, and government officials, stated that Canada has been a friend of the Falklands for many years and has always supported the right of self determination for people. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesSound like the correct decision by Canada.
Jun 09th, 2017 - 09:57 am - Link - Report abuse +1Falklands - Some Relevant International Law: https://www.academia.edu/17799157/Falklands_-_Some_Relevant_International_Law
Did Falklands' lawmaker reconfirm Pocklington full support for self determination recently...?
Jun 09th, 2017 - 10:17 am - Link - Report abuse -4http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/lifestyle/pocklington-mayor-s-falkland-islands-trip-1-3530365
Chuckle..., chuckle...
Voice, V0ice, Vestige, Think et al, sock-puppeteer extraordinaire
Jun 09th, 2017 - 02:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0News item from June 30, 2011. More than a little behind the times, thanks for the confirmation of your desperation.
Reekies hosts support the Falklands, how nice. They host Argie squatters too..
Jun 10th, 2017 - 01:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0Of course, the Falklands could always consider joining Canada. They wouldn't be the first overseas territory to think about it.
Jun 10th, 2017 - 07:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Oh, and happy June 10th. 227 years since Spain attempted to 'usurp' West Falkland by evicting a British settlement. :-)
Despite attempts by the British and Falklands governments to prevent the British press running the story, the story did hit the headlines, from London to Buenos Aires. ‘El Magallanes’ and ‘El Mercurio’ (both in Chile) and The Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina) all condemned the Falklands for corruption, human rights abuse, and the death of 5 million penguins through political greed.
Jun 10th, 2017 - 05:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But this was the Falklands. The Governor and Executive Council knew that in reality there was little that either the public or the law could do about the situation. The Falkland Islands Government made their own laws, and were a democracy in name only. The Falklands people had no real say in what went on.
Councillor Mike Summers told a Public Meeting that they were not going to be told who could remain in their country just because “some judge” said so. That “some judge” to which Mike Summers referred, was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the highest authority in the land. Such arrogance and contempt towards the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court outraged the local population, who had been hoping for a change towards democracy following the court ruling.
The Editor of Penguin News, the Falkland Islands’ local newspaper, wrote an editorial which said “Chief Justice Woods found Executive Council’s decision ‘morally and constitutionally indefensible’. That’s a pretty strong sentiment. So will we see hands held up and an admission of ‘Sorry we made a mistake’? It doesn’t look like it. The statement issued by Executive Council this week in response to Chief Justice Wood’s judgement didn’t include the merest hint of an apology. The statement could have been the perfect opportunity to publicly take on board the Chief Justice’s words and apologise to Mr Bingham for this gross breach of his constitutional rights, and to the public as a whole for this error. After all the judgement has come from the Supreme Court - the most authoritative court in the land.” (Penguin News 28th November 2003
jfalkland
Jun 10th, 2017 - 10:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Falklands for corruption, human rights abuse, and the death of 5 million penguins …”
I assume you are referring to Mike Bingham. ”It was the Supreme Court of the Falkland Islands that slammed (quite rightly) the Falkland Islands Government for refusing Mr Bingham a resident's permit for using the fact that he had crticised FIG over its environmental policies as one of the grounds for its refusal. … Mr Bingham came in for some very heavy criticism himself from the Chief Justice during the case, including lying about his academic qualifications to get himself a job in Falklands Conservation in the first place. His criticisms of the Government's “penguin policy” have been criticised themself as not true and under-researched. Certainly his predictions have not come true. …. I seem to remember that the only criminial case that he was involved in, he pleaded guilty to the charge - hardly what you would call being harrassed and prosecuted without good reason!
Yes, Mr Bingham was refused his resident's permit, but he was not kicked out of the Islands. He had a work permit and was entitled to remain. He left of his own free will.” PomInOz
http://en.mercopress.com/2011/03/09/argentine-highest-court-blasts-cfk-government-for-arbitrary-distribution-of-state-advertising/comments#comment39355
England will return the Malvinas within 25 years.
Jun 12th, 2017 - 12:51 am - Link - Report abuse -1jfalkland
Jun 13th, 2017 - 06:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This is old nonsense and total irrelevant! You must be a horse's arse!
gordo1
Jun 13th, 2017 - 07:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0????
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