Opposition MP John Barritt fears further Constitutional changes could be implemented by the back door after Attorney General Dame Lois Browne Evans revealed previously unvoiced amendments at a public meeting.

But last night Dame Lois accused the Opposition of scaremongering and trying to mislead the public.

She said she had explained to the crowd in St. George's last week that some of the language in the Constitution would have to be tidied up as Bermuda moved to single seat constituencies with new boundaries.

She told The Royal Gazette : "They have made the whole thing look deceitful - I am just sick of them.'' At the meeting Dame Lois had said sections in the Constitution concerning the powers of the Boundary Commission would have to be changed as the body was going to be given a wider role in deciding how many MPs would be in parliament when the new seats are drawn up.

Dame Lois told the audience: "When you have a new Boundaries Commission with the power to do something totally different don't you realise the subsections are going to be changed?'' But last night Mr. Barritt said plans to change the Boundary Commission clauses had never been mentioned by the Government before.

He pointed out that, because the Premier has the power to alter the recommendations of the Boundary Commission, her power had also increased as a result.

He also said he feared the public had not been given the full information on all the changes proposed but instead it was coming out in dribs and drabs at public meetings.

And he expressed concern that further changes to the Constitution could be made by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office -- with input from Government -- after any changes had been debated and passed in the House of Assembly.

He said: "This underscores the need for a constitutional conference where the entire plan would be presented and thought through rather than in a meeting behind closed doors between the Government and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

"There could be further rounds of drafting. This concerns me. "It seems we are being asked to approve a resolution and then more rounds of drafting are going to take place. Who's going to have input in that? "It will put what suits the Government rather than what is in the best interests of Bermuda as a whole.

"It's not proposed to change the section to allow the Premier to modify the Boundary Commission and it does leave open the possibility that whatever they recommend the Government, through the Premier, can go on to change.

MPs clash over Constitution "If they don't like the recommendations the Government can put forward their own and vote it through because they have the numbers.'' However Dame Lois said: "I don't see why people are scaring and making out like it's a dictatorship.

"There's a section which allows the Premier to change the Boundary Commission's report but it's never happened since 1966.'' She said the move to single seats would mean various elements of the Constitution would have to be changed but some of the language would have to be left to London to sort out.

"A battery of FCO lawyers sits in the room and they address it,'' she added.

Dame Lois said the Foreign Office had written the 1966 Bermuda Constitution too and she also attacked the Opposition for suggesting the Constitution should only be amended with a two third majority when in fact the Constitution can only be changed with British approval.

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