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Review Senate appointments

FORMER Prime Minister Bruce Golding says there is need for a review of the provisions regarding the appointment of senators and suggested a return to the pre-Independence arrangement which allowed for appointments to the then Legislative Council to be revoked by the same process by which they were made.

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

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