{"id":18827,"date":"2018-08-16T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T14:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18827"},"modified":"2018-08-16T10:20:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T14:20:23","slug":"former-attorney-general-urges-country-to-put-aside-partisan-politics-ahead-of-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-attorney-general-urges-country-to-put-aside-partisan-politics-ahead-of-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Attorney General urges country to put aside partisan politics ahead of referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Attorney General Justin Simon QC, has called on the population to put aside partisan politics in the runup to a referendum on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), scheduled for later this year.<\/p>

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During an interview on state media, Simon this is what he will be pushing while on the trail to promote the Trinidad based CCJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI am not saying that people will not have their political difference, but let us sink them in respect to this particular cause.\u201d<\/p>

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Simon, who served as AG under a previous administration of the United Progressive Party (UPP), made comments following\u00a0\u00a0calls by the UPP \u2013 now the main opposition party, for the referendum to include more than one item in the context of constitutional reform.<\/p>

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However, the former Attorney General believes that the referendum should remain a one issue initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am of the strong opinion and view that the CCJ should be dealt with on its own by itself. We look at the experience of Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines which placed other issues of constitutional reform on the table and that was rejected,\u201d Simon said.<\/p>

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The London-based Privy Council presently serves as the island\u2019s final court and the referendum on November 6 will allow for the population to indicate whether they intend to join the CCJ that was established in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are signatories to the Original Jurisdiction of the CCJ, only Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana have signed on to the Appellate Jurisdiction of the court that also serves as an international tribunal that interprets the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas that governs the regional integration movement.<\/p>

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