Dual citizenship in politics
Posted by: Nefertari
16th Aug 2017 04:03pm
Why is dual citiizenship such a big 'crime' in politics?? I refer to the recent controversy surrounding a member of parliament. He has dual citizenship because his father (not him) was born in another country and for the life of me I cannot understand why on earth this little fact should deny him the right to sit in parliament. Surely there must be more to this story ..( other than what I have heard on the news)... to cause such an uproar from other members of parliament. Our politicians should be concentrating more on the running of this country rather than wasting their time on such a trivial matter as dual citizenship!
tessa
- 14th Sep 2017 05:26pm
its not classified as a crime there is no penalty as such just it is in our written constitution all years ago and can only be changed by a referendum , if you wish to go into politics in the federal sphere read the rules abide by them then we wouldnt be having this conversation
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