President Gumbs now has full control over the affairs of the COM. SMN News has been reliably informed that while the executive council met on Tuesday to deliberate on administrative matters, the stripping the vice presidents of their portfolios was nowhere on the agenda. It is further understood that the elected officials that are still supporting the President and Senator acted in conspiracy against Gibbs. "Taking away the portfolios from all the members was to get at Gibbs." At the meeting on Tuesday night were five members of the executive council, while two of them were absent. Those present were President Frantz Gumbs, Louis Jeffry, Claire Javois, Alain Richardson and Daniel Gibbs, while Pierre Allioti and Aline Hanson were absent. Voting in favour of the motion presented by Gumbs were Jeffry, Javios and Gumbs while Richardson and Gibbs voted against.
According to the law, the president now have to call a territorial council meeting to inform the public and the council of the decisions he has taken to strip the vice presidents of their portfolios. The president would also have to give the council the reasons why he took such decisions.
SMN News learnt that if Gibbs decided to take the President to court for his actions on Tuesday night there is a strong possibility he would win the case. Already senator Louis Constant Fleming has taken Semsamar board to court after they ousted him from the presidency on September 10.The case of LC Fleming against Semsamar was called on October 13 while the court will pronounce its ruling on December 15th.
