Mr Ivan Navas This is Me

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1. 1. www.chronicle.gi

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   Published on: 1/24/2002   Last Visited: 11/16/2007

   GSLP/Liberal Opposition yesterday questioned the attendance by Ivan Navas, Headmaster of Bayside Comprehensive School, at the meeting of representative groups with Chief Minister Peter Caruana on Tuesday.
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   The Opposition stated it was astonished to learn Mr Navas was at the meeting on behalf of the European Movement pointing out he had submitted his resignation as Chairman of the Movement when promoted to Headmaster. "At the time he argued that there was some incompatibility between discharging his duties in his new post and continuing to hold the office of Chairman of the Movement," claimed an Opposition spokesman. The statement further claimed that during his term as Chairman of the European Movement, Mr Navas, did not call a meeting of the Executive Committee for well over a year and that the Executive had not met since his resignation. "The Movement has failed to organise its annual general meeting for two consecutive years or indeed even to collect subscriptions from the membership," further claimed the spokesman, suggesting that the state the Movement finds itself in to date "one could hardly call it a representative body". The spokesman suggested, "in any case, even if Mr Navas received an invitation to attend the meeting, it is only logical to assume that his duty was to have passed it on to an existing office holder and not to simply attend himself." The Opposition statement added: "the Government, the Opposition and the three political parties with representation in the House of Assembly are all represented in the European Movement as stipulated by its constitution. Therefore the role of the Movement is to be neutral in local party-politcal terms and not take a position or a stand on any issue where Government and Opposition do not have the same view. Indeed, it will be recalled that the Opposition quite rightly complained in the past when Mr Navas, as its Chairman, expressed views in relation to Spain which appeared supportive of the Government's position.

2. 2. Thursday 24 January 2002

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   GSLP/Liberal Opposition yesterday questioned the attendance by Ivan Navas, Headmaster of Bayside Comprehensive School, at the meeting of representative groups with Chief Minister Peter Caruana on Tuesday.
   ...
   The Opposition stated it was astonished to learn Mr Navas was at the meeting on behalf of the European Movement pointing out he had submitted his resignation as Chairman of the Movement when promoted to Headmaster. "At the time he argued that there was some incompatibility between discharging his duties in his new post and continuing to hold the office of Chairman of the Movement," claimed an Opposition spokesman. The statement further claimed that during his term as Chairman of the European Movement, Mr Navas, did not call a meeting of the Executive Committee for well over a year and that the Executive had not met since his resignation. "The Movement has failed to organise its annual general meeting for two consecutive years or indeed even to collect subscriptions from the membership," further claimed the spokesman, suggesting that the state the Movement finds itself in to date "one could hardly call it a representative body". The spokesman suggested, "in any case, even if Mr Navas received an invitation to attend the meeting, it is only logical to assume that his duty was to have passed it on to an existing office holder and not to simply attend himself." The Opposition statement added: "the Government, the Opposition and the three political parties with representation in the House of Assembly are all represented in the European Movement as stipulated by its constitution. Therefore the role of the Movement is to be neutral in local party-politcal terms and not take a position or a stand on any issue where Government and Opposition do not have the same view. Indeed, it will be recalled that the Opposition quite rightly complained in the past when Mr Navas, as its Chairman, expressed views in relation to Spain which appeared supportive of the Government's position.

3. 3. Thursday 24 January 2002

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   GSLP/Liberal Opposition yesterday questioned the attendance by Ivan Navas, Headmaster of Bayside Comprehensive School, at the meeting of representative groups with Chief Minister Peter Caruana on Tuesday.
   ...
   The Opposition stated it was astonished to learn Mr Navas was at the meeting on behalf of the European Movement pointing out he had submitted his resignation as Chairman of the Movement when promoted to Headmaster. "At the time he argued that there was some incompatibility between discharging his duties in his new post and continuing to hold the office of Chairman of the Movement," claimed an Opposition spokesman. The statement further claimed that during his term as Chairman of the European Movement, Mr Navas, did not call a meeting of the Executive Committee for well over a year and that the Executive had not met since his resignation. "The Movement has failed to organise its annual general meeting for two consecutive years or indeed even to collect subscriptions from the membership," further claimed the spokesman, suggesting that the state the Movement finds itself in to date "one could hardly call it a representative body". The spokesman suggested, "in any case, even if Mr Navas received an invitation to attend the meeting, it is only logical to assume that his duty was to have passed it on to an existing office holder and not to simply attend himself." The Opposition statement added: "the Government, the Opposition and the three political parties with representation in the House of Assembly are all represented in the European Movement as stipulated by its constitution. Therefore the role of the Movement is to be neutral in local party-politcal terms and not take a position or a stand on any issue where Government and Opposition do not have the same view. Indeed, it will be recalled that the Opposition quite rightly complained in the past when Mr Navas, as its Chairman, expressed views in relation to Spain which appeared supportive of the Government's position.