The Parliamentary recess ended for the Government of Gibraltar today and
they set out the legislation for the new parliamentary term, In total 13
pieces of legislation will be considered however the Same Sex
Equalisation bill which failed in June isn't on the legislative program
Spokesperson for the South West Green Party on LGBT Issues Ryan
Cleminson said " I am disappointed that the bill tabled by Daniel
Feetham hasn't been listed as a pending matter on the new legislative
timetable, It's an important bill and for it not to be on the timetable
of the new parliament is a grave misjudgment. It just shows how
important lgtb equalities are to the Government of Gibraltar"
The bill tabled as a private member's bill back in the last Parliamentary
session was defeated by eight votes to 4,However there was a total votes
in favor of equalisation within parliament, But for tactical reasons the
bill did not pass. Ryan Cleminson further commented by saying
It appears that Peter Caruna and many of his ministers (though not all)
continue to block equality measures despite being aware of the fact that
the bill's failure and lack of action is leaving Gibraltar open to
breaches in ECHR Law.
Ryan Cleminson urged both the foreign office and the council of Europe
to again require the Government of Gibraltar come into line with the
European Convention, as it is HMG who is responsible for complying with
it to or for the Council of Europe and the European Parliament to take
strong action. He went on to say I urge action to be swift and for the
bill to be presented we cannot just wait for ever
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