SMALL PARLIAMENTS: BERMUDA


• Representation; • Law-making; and • Oversight


In his paper, “The Role of


Parliament in Government”, Johnson articulated that Parliaments represent the diversity of individuals and groups in a country. The many diverse groups


in Bermuda are represented in Parliament – different races, religions, genders and sexual orientation. As the supreme law-making institution in a country, Parliaments make the rules by which society is governed and they are designed to oversee Executive spending and performance. Oversight roles must be adopted to ensure ability to respond to the challenges of


our contemporary world. Hon. Max Sisulu, MP, the Speaker


of the National Assembly in South Africa, wrote in The Parliamentarian that Parliament must formulate its rules in such a manner that expression is given not only to representative democracy, but also to participatory democracy. Parliament’s mandate requires that it engages with


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Above: The picturesque port of Bermuda.


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