Double Jobbing and the PUP
Dawn Purvis says she has been working for the past 10 months on a private members' bill to outlaw double jobbing at Stormont. She is seeking on her ideas before tabling the measure at Stormont. I see from her form that apart from banning double jobbing she appears to be seeking to abolish council by-elections, instead giving parties the right to replace councillors who step down. This seems in line with the co-option proposal, although is the PUP looking at this as a permanent change rather than a temporary measure to smooth the transition to the new super councils? If so, it might raise eyebrows on the part of those who regard the co-option policy as anti-democratic? And if an independent councillor dies or stands down, how should they be replaced?
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