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Antigua and Barbuda has not abandoned its plans to remove the British Monarch from the position of head of state.<\/p>

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Following Prime Minister Gaston Browne\u2019s return to Antigua and Barbuda on May 6 after attending King Charles III\u2019s coronation in London, the government\u2019s position on becoming a republic was communicated yesterday.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the government examined the possibility of establishing a republic.<\/p>

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According to a cabinet statement, \u201cdespite their participation, the Head of Government reiterated his administration\u2019s determination to bring about a Republican form of Government, rather than continue ad infinitum the constitutional monarchy as it now exists.\u201d<\/p>

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Yesterday, Ambassador Lionel Hurst, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, stated that a referendum will be held in the future but did not specify when.<\/p>\n

King Charles III is the head of state of Antigua and Barbuda, as well as 14 sovereign entities known as Commonwealth Realms.<\/p>

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Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Belize, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have all stated their intention to remove the British Monarch from the position of head of state.<\/p>\n

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Apart from abolishing the monarchy, Hurst stated that the Gaston Browne Administration hopes residents would be \u201cwise enough sometime in the future\u201d to vote in favor of delegating Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s supreme court powers to the Caribbean Court of Justice.<\/p>\n

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Antigua and Barbuda has not abandoned its plans to remove the British Monarch from the position of head of state. Following Prime Minister Gaston Browne\u2019s return to Antigua and Barbuda on May 6 after attending King Charles III\u2019s coronation in London, the government\u2019s position on becoming a republic was communicated yesterday. 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