Tuesday, October 28, 2008

United States Government confirms Mitchell is a US Citizen

NEW YORK, US, October 28 - The United States Justice Department has confirmed that former Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is a citizen of the United States.

The confirmation comes in a letter sent to the Attorney General of Grenada, James Bristol confirming that Dr Mitchell has been a US citizen since January 1984.

According to the document dated October 16, 2008, as of the last general election on July 8, 2008, the former Grenadian leader is a naturalised citizen of the United States.

The letter was in response to an official request from the AG’s office inquiring about the status of Dr Mitchell and former Foreign Affairs Minister, Elvin Nimrod.

An official of the Grenada Government has confirmed that there have been correspondence between St George’s and the US Department of Justice but refused to give any further details.

However, a source close to the Tillman Thomas administration said that “he has knowingly been a citizen of the United States but continues to hold himself out as qualified to be a member of our Parliament when he sworn to uphold the constitution”.

Mitchell’s certificate of citizenship is 12069514.

It was also confirmed that Nimrod is not a US citizen but a legal permanent resident.

“We think that he (Mitchell) should step down as Parliamentary Representative of North West St George and lead the way for a by-election in that constituency,” the official said.

“It’s ironic that for years they have filed several legal proceedings against Peter David (Foreign Minister) in regards to Canadian citizenship bearing in mind that the constitution speaks of the Commonwealth, and it’s clear that the US is not part of the Commonwealth”.

This revelation is believed to be the first major action against Dr Mitchell whose New National Party after 13 years in power lost to the National Democratic Congress in last July’s general election.

A number of lawsuits and legal actions Dr Mitchell has initiated against persons including two journalists have also been dismissed by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mike, I take it that you are still in the US, so you missed the laughable press conference called by the NNP Party today. For what it's worth, Mr Mitchell proclaimed emphatically that he is NOT a U.S. citizen and threatened to sue anyone who says he is.

Hmmmmm......

Mikebas said...

I listened to the Press Conference in its entirety and disappointed that the NNP didn't take full advantage of a seemingly weak NDC's public relations. Too much time was spent on rehashing things said repeatedly in the past.
At one point it became boring.

Anonymous said...

Don't you find it strange, that we have quotes from different people about what the document means, but we don't have any actual quotes about what the document states!! Don't be fooled by the smokescreen

Mikebas said...

But let me assure you that there is a document. It's up to the authorities to decide what they want to do with it. And let me add, that the journalist doesn't have to provide quotes to authenticate a story as some people are alluding. The important aspect is what is factual.