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Ian Paisley became the first MP to face a by-election after the House of Commons had voted to suspend him for 30 days because he had not declared two family vacations paid by the Sri Lankan government.
As a result of the vote, the DUP declared that it had suspended the membership of Mr. Paisley to the party, founded by his father, the late Reverend Ian Paisley, "in the following year. Waiting for an investigation into his conduct "
Bercow stated that the case was" a state of affairs unfortunate "and that he would inform the Chief Electoral Officer of the North, who has 10 days to set up a recall petition in Mr. Paisley's riding of North Antrim. If 10 p. Eligible constituents from the constituency sign the petition, the seat will be declared vacant and a by-election will be held.
million. Paisley, who was not in the House for the vote, said Tuesday that he would contest a by-election if it was called. He apologized to the parliament last week for not having declared the 2013 holiday, which was worth at least £ 50,000.
Hospitality
The threshold for registering such hospitality was about £ 660. He subsequently wrote a letter to the Prime Minister to lobby on behalf of the Sri Lankan government.
Jim Shannon of Strangford was the only one of the 10 deputies of the DUP present at the vote. The party is currently helping to support the minority government of Theresa May.
In a statement, the DUP said, "The leaders of the Democratic Unionist Party have reviewed the report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on MP Ian Paisley. The party takes this report and the issues it contains very seriously. Party members decided to suspend Mr. Ian Paisley, a member of the party, pending further investigation into his conduct. "
The suspension of Mr. Paisley's House of Commons begins when Parliament returns from its summer vacation on September 4. The penalty is accompanied by the loss of a month's salary. of a suspension in September and October for the party conference season, he will not return until November.
Mr. Paisley said Tuesday at Ballymena Guardian that he regretted deeply committed the actions that led to his suspension.He promised to fight for the siege previously occupied by his father.
"There are also some who would like me to be expelled from Parliament and that a by-election is triggered to fill this position. They are opportunists, some with dubious motives, and I can tell them that I do not intend to go quietly at night. If a petition leads to a by-election, make no mistake, I will seek re-election because I have never fled an election in my life and I do not intend to re-elect it. do it now, "he said.
"Sleaze"
Sinn Féin's deputy head Michelle O'Neill said that Mr. Paisley's colleagues at Westminster overwhelmingly voted to impose the most serious sanction given to a deputy since 1949. [19659002"WhenyouconsidersomeofthesleazethecorruptionandcriminalscandalsthatengulfedtheBritishParliamentduringthisperiodit'squiteextraordinary"shesaid
Jim Allister, leader of the traditionalist Union, said that "the biggest losers in this scandalous saga are the voting voters of North Antrim who, in the crucial votes to come, will find themselves without a voice or vote, because Mr. Paisley's egoism "
Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International's chief in Northern Ireland, said the victims were people killed in Sri Lanka
" Mr. Paisley saw fit to lobby on the Prime Minister against a UN investigation, including the mbadacre of civilians at the end of the war in Sri Lanka, for which no adequate investigation has ever been conducted. "
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