Thread by @RMBFLK

Finally caught up with a bit more of what was said in the #FalklandIslands Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
It seems that the "ambitious" timetable for the review of the #Falklands constitution is now "impossible" and it won't be finished by May after all

Mention on one hand of public hearings taking oral evidence in New Year and a suggestion on the other that there may not be the appetite for further work after all!

A member of the public who had listened to the discussion in real time summarised it as "delay, delay and more delay"

My personal opinion (FWIW) is that there almost certainly are amendments that could and should be made to the #FalklandIslands Constitution Order 2008 but also that the #Falklands Constitution could evolve within the existing Order.

There are ways in which the 2008 Order is over-prescriptive (should it *really* have been necessary to have a constitutional amendment to allow remote participation in Legislative Assembly?) but also ways in which it leaves room for things to be done differently.

Even if there is "appetite" for further work on the #Falklands constitutional review before the next election just under a year from now, the #FalklandIslands Constitution Order 2008 is not going to be substantially different by then ...

So, perhaps work ought to be better focused for now on working out how to make the best use of the existing Order?

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