St Vincent PM defends amendments to passport act
Published:Friday | June 6, 2014 | 9:42 AM
Prime Minister of St Vincent, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, says the proposed changes to the Passport Act to be brought to parliament next Tuesday will not protect persons who illegally issued travel documents.
The opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) had objected to the proposed change, saying they appear to remove the possibility of bringing legal action against corrupt and unscrupulous passport officers.
However, the Prime Minister said this is not true.
He said the amendments are to allow for certain provisions of the existing law to facilitate better administration of the issuance of passports and to validate certain passport fees.
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