Speeches by The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to go to the Honourable Premier’s Statement where the Honourable Pr emier said, a majority in support of the proposals. I will pose the question to the P remier and hope that he will answer with actual data to support it. Can the Premier give us what data he …

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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.

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Mr. Speaker, when asked to r espond to the data that he has to support that position, the Premier said that it was o ur view. If the Premier says it is our view, then he must have data to support his position. So I am going to give the Honourable Premier another opportunity to tell the people of this …

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Mr. Speaker, supplementary question.

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Mr. Speaker, I will ask the Honourable Premier, how many persons expressing their freedom to assemble and to express disappointment with their Government will it take for the Premier to realise that his position is not supported by a majority of the country?

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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I am up to my second question.

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Thank you very much—

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Question number two, if I may, Mr. Speaker.

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, in the Honourable Premier’s Statement, the Honourable Premier said that immigration is an issue that ignites the passions. The question that I have to him is, Will the Premier take this opportunity right now to denounce and di savow those of his supporters who have taken to the Internet and to the blogs making demeaning, racist, and I …

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Yes, absolutely, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the response that the Honourable Premier just gave, he just said that we would hope that people would refrain from statements that would pull other people down. Then I will ask, why would the Honourable Premier feel that it is appropr iate for his office to issue a statement causing the organisers of …

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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This is my second supplementary on my second question, Mr. Speaker.

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. In the early response, the Honourable Premier said that he has no problem with people expressing their opinion. Can the Honourable Premier please give us the justification between making that statement and then branding the actions of those people who were expressing their rights under the Constitution as ill egal?

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I will go to question number three,

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Because if the Honourable Pr emier of this country is not aware of s ection 10 of our own Constitution, then we clearly have an issue. Mr. Speaker, I will go on to question number three.

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Question number three is, going again back to the majority do support the proposals, I will ask the Honourable Premier this: Given the fact that governments must govern based on the mandates of the people whom they govern, can the Honourable Premier please state, based on what expression of consent from the people or the electorate of this country does …

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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.

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Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Premier said that he gave a response, talki ng about 1438 11 March 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly over the course of the election, over the course of the Government’s term in office. I ask a very specific question: What does this Government feel gave his Government the mandate to enact Pathways to …

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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a suppl ementary to the Honourable Opposition Leader’s second question.

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My supplementary is to the Ho nourable Premier: What will it take for the Honourable Premier and his Government to reconsider their pos ition, which has caused unprecedented unrest inside of this country, a withdrawal of labour that we have not seen for 35 years? What will it take for the Honourable Premier to change his Government’s pos ition?

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My second supplementary.