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Prime Minister Gaston Browne over weekend dismissed the presence of a new group one month before the country votes in its first-ever<\/g> referendum.<\/p>

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Calling themselves the Caribbean Court of Justice Can Wait Group, members come from the legal fraternity, trade union, political parties and civil society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Prime Minister Browne, in responding to the press release from the group, dismissed them as United Progressive Party operatives.<\/p>

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“They are now seeking to make this into a partisan fight,” Browne told Pointe FM.<\/p>

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He said the government tried hard to make the referendum carded for November 6, a non-political one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prime minister said despite the opposition, he will be appealing to voters to “do the right thing and not to allow these individuals to confuse the issue.”<\/p>

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Browne was critical of the group’s main contact person for allegedly stating that it costs the same to go to Trinidad where CCJ is based as it does to go to London where the Pricy Council is based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I find Kenny Kentish was quite barefaced<\/g> to have the gumption to tell us the price of the ticket to Trinidad is the same as the price of a ticket to London.”<\/p>

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Browne said those opposing the CCJ know that the court is the right way to go but are opposition for political reasons.<\/p>

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