Dual citizens in Parliament

[Thryleon]

The purpose is to try to ensure that our elected representatives don't have allegiance to any other country.  I think that the requirement is eminently sensible and it shouldn't be hard for those who put their hands up for election to ensure that they have renounced any other citizenship.  If they can't manage that, they shouldn't be in parliament.

Of course, as we have seen recently, China has been able obtain allegiance from some parliamentarians by offering financial inducements, donations etc.  That should be a sackable offence too.

What a load of crap really.

I haven't taken up my eligibility to Greek citizenship and I could qualify, but never bothered.

Ive also married a migrant from the European Union which therefore could qualify me for dual citizenship.

I could serve in parliament and then take up foreign citizenship easily enough, but either way it wont change the way I feel about my nation of birth, vs other nations I have any allegiance to.

At the end of the day, the world has changed and this is an archaic rule based on a non multicultural society which we have become.

I think dual citizenship shouldnt be a deal breaker here.  It just doesnt make sense for a fledgling nation and so much migration.