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Falklands, Government congratulates newly elected Members of Legislative Assembly
Reelected MLA Jack Ford has been named to the Executive Council and Chair of the Assembly. Photo: FITV The Falkland Islands Government has congratulated all newly elected Members of the Legislative Assembly following the General Election held on Thursday 11 December, followed by the swearing ceremony.
The swearing-in ceremony was an important moment for the Falklands’ community, marking the beginning of a new term and the start of the work ahead.
We are grateful to both returning and newly elected MLAs for putting themselves forward to represent the people of the Falkland Islands, and we look forward to working with the Assembly as it settles into its new term.
The official election results reflect the strong engagement of our community. We would like to thank everyone who took part in the process: Voters, candidates, election staff, and volunteers, for helping ensure a smooth and transparent election.
Andrea Clausen, Returning Officer said: “I would like to thank all candidates for the positive and respectful way in which they took part in this election. My thanks also go to the election team and volunteers who have worked tirelessly to ensure a smooth, fair, and transparent process. Most importantly, thank you to every voter who took the time to participate. Your involvement is at the heart of our democracy, and your voice shapes the future of the Falkland Islands.”
Following the swearing-in, Members of the Legislative Assembly also completed the election of Members to the Executive Council. The results are as follows:
• MLA Jack Ford – elected to represent Camp
• MLA Lewis Clifton – elected to represent Stanley
• MLA Cheryl Roberts – elected as a Member of Executive Council
First Chair of Assembly
Likewise the newly elected 2025-2029 Assembly, in early business agreed to appoint MLA Jack Ford as the first Chair of the Legislative Assembly.
The duties of the Chair will, for the time being, remain as they were under the previous Assembly. Further discussions are ongoing regarding the operation of the new Assembly, the allocation of portfolios, and the respective roles and responsibilities of Members.
Work will continue over the coming period to agree the detailed arrangements for how this Assembly will function, and further updates will be provided in due course.
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Read all commentsThe UK after two diplomatic protests, moved to effect the only legal remedy open to it. Which was Argentina's eviction. They can point to at least two Anglo-Spanish treaties that exclude any possibility of an Argentinean legal claim. So in addition the UK has a peace treaty that legally recognises that Argentina has no claim, moreover also a right of conquest that was lawful at that time.
Dec 23rd, 2025 - 06:33 pm +1“In the 19c international law allowed states to acquire territory by conquest ...
It is therefore not surprising that the General Assembly declared in 1970 that the modern prohibition against the acquisition of territory by conquest should not be construed as affecting titles to territory created 'prior to the Charter regime and valid under international law'. Siehr, Conflicts, Indian ”
Akehurst's Modern Introduction To International Law Seventh Revised Edition, Peter Malanczuk
There was a peace treaty, which was acknowledged as such in both the Argentine and the UK in their own archives, the Convention of Settlement, 1850. This is how legal scholars of the day and therefore nations viewed the effects of such a peace treaty to wit:
LAWS OF WAR By H. W. HALLECK, 1866, CHAPTER XXXIV, TREATIES OF PEACE.
§ 12. Principle of uti possidetes. A treaty of peace leaves every thing in the state in which it finds it, unless there be some express stipulations to the contrary. The existing state of possession is maintained, except so far as altered by the terms of the treaty. If nothing be said about the conquered country or places, they remain with the possessor, and his title cannot afterward be called in question. ... ...Treaties of peace, made by the competent authorities of such governments, are obligatory upon the whole nation, and, consequently, upon all succeeding governments, whatever may be their character.
What an utter and complete numpty you are troll, firstly you have refuted nothing, just posted your usual garbage that everyone laughs at, secondly the islands where British before you existed and long before France and Spain tried to steal them playing silly political games, the islands have never been Argentinian. posting your diatribe doesnt make it so, you need counselling and deprogramming, making a fool of yourself day in day out, week after week with your pathetic posts, and has many people have said if you had one shred of evidence that the Islands where not British but Argentinian your governments would have taken it to court decades a go, grow up wise up and wake up,
Dec 24th, 2025 - 01:02 pm 0The UK can rely on the Peace of Utrecht, which explicitly bars any Argentine claim of succession.
Dec 24th, 2025 - 06:51 pm 0“...it is hereby further agreed and concluded, that neither the Catholic King, nor any of his heirs and successors whatsoever, shall sell, yield, pawn, transfer, or by any means, or under any name, alienate from them and the crown of Spain, to the French, or to any other nations whatever, any lands, dominions, or territories, or any part thereof, belonging to Spain in America.”
The Nootka Convention: ”...Article VI provided that neither party would form new establishments on any of the islands adjacent to the east and west coasts of South America then occupied by Spain....... there was an additional secret article which stipulated that Article VI shall remain in force only so long as no establishment shall have been formed by the subjects of any other power on the coasts in question. This secret article had the same force as if it were inserted in the convention.......The United Provinces of the River Plate was not a party to the convention. Therefore it is defined in the convention as 'other power' and the occupation of the settlement (at Port Louis) by subjects of any other power negated Article VI and allowed Great Britain to re-assert prior sovereignty and form new settlements.
http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nootka_Convention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Apcbg/Nootka_Sound_Convention
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