Sources said last night that the parties had reached a deal that would end the legal battles over the alleged dual citizenship of two of their parliamentarians.The agreement, according to the source, is that the JLP would drop its Supreme Court bid to dethrone the PNP's Ian Hayles as MP for the West Hanover constituency, and in return, the PNP would not contest any pending by-election in the North East St Ann constituency from which the JLP's Shahine Robinson was disqualified by the Supreme Court on May 31.

"I have heard of it," Darryl Vaz said, "but I have seen no document to support what I have heard. No party officer has received such a document."

Both Hayles and Robinson are said to have possessed United States citizenship on nomination day in August 2007, shortly before the September 3 general elections.