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The President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Adrian Saunders, said he had hoped that his elevation to that post would have united people in his homeland, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in having the institution as the country\u2019s final court.<\/p>

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Addressing a ceremony here to mark the 39th<\/sup> anniversary of political independence for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Justice Saunders said that it is often an embarrassing situation for him to be explaining to his colleagues from around the world, the position of some CARICOM countries\u2019 to the court that was established in 2001 to replace to the London-based Privy Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI had hoped that with my elevation to the presidency of the CCJ, I would be able to get all parties in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to put aside their political differences and to embrace the court in its appellate jurisdiction,\u201d Justice Saunders told the ceremony over the last weekend.<\/p>

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Speaking at the event organised by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Organisation of Toronto on the theme \u201cRemembering Our Past \u2013 Focussing On Our Future\u201d, the prominent regional jurist said, \u201cif  we are to advance as a people, politics and political tussles are important for a healthy democracy. \u201cBut there are eternal core human values that are overarching. Truth, compassion, cooperation, caring, courtesy, empathy, hard honest labour \u2026 These are values Opposition and Government alike and indeed, all the people, must promote,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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The Ralph Gonsalves-led Unity Labour Party (ULP) is in support of the CCJ and in July said that the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court had indicated that two-thirds majority support of lawmakers, rather than a referendum is needed to replace the Privy Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gonsalves said he is willing to bring such a law to Parliament but would only do so if he has opposition support.<\/p>

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However, the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), led by Dr. Godwin Friday has made it clear that it would not support a move to the CCJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In comments earlier this year, Friday, an attorney, said that the electorate had rejected such a move when given a choice in a referendum in 2009, adding that Parliament should respect voters\u2019 choices.<\/p>

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He, however, said that if another referendum is held on the issue, his party would rally its supporters in an attempt to vote it down.<\/p>

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In his address, Justice Saunders said that there is another value that is paramount and is vital for the citizens of the Caribbean \u201cwith our fractured experiences of slavery and colonialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat other value is self-belief. A clear sense of ourselves. An understanding of our worth as human beings; an appreciation that we are not inferior to anyone and that we have the capacity to forge our own destiny,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Saunders said his heart soars when he hears of Vincentians who excel regionally or internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause that becomes for me a re-affirmation of our worth, our capacity,\u201d he said, adding that no one shrieked for joy louder than he did when West Indies cricketer Obed McKoy, a Vincentian, bowled Indian cricketer MS Dhoni last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is, therefore, for me, a source of profound disappointment, that so many people in the region, including Vincentians who I assumed would know better, contrive to find excuse upon excuse to justify the anomaly that, after 40 years of political independence, we are content to have our laws ultimately interpreted and applied by a British institution, staffed with British judges all of whom reside in Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHistory will not be kind to those who argue that such a situation should continue,\u201d said Justice Saunders, the third Caribbean national to head the Trinidad-based CCJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said this is no different than a man today wanting St. Vincent and the Grenadines to return to Associated Statehood status, or wanting to write O Level exams from Britain\u2019s Cambridge University instead of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor me, it is like choosing Major Leith over Chatoyer,\u201d he said, contrasting the Scottish soldier who served in the British Army, to St. Vincent and the Grenadines sole National Hero, who led a years-long guerrilla war in the 18th Century against European attempt to colonise SVG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Saunders noted that over 15 years ago, CARICOM established its own final court \u2014 the CCJ \u2014 and spent US$100 million to guarantee the court\u2019s sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 the Court has successfully been operating for well over 10 years serving the needs of Barbados, Guyana, Belize and lately, Dominica; and some people still wish to cling to the Privy Council?\u201d he said, mentioning the CARICOM nations that have replaced the Privy Council with the CCJ as their final appellate court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf Chatoyer, who put his life on the line, were alive today just imagine, what would he think of this?.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CCJ President said when he tries to explain to his colleagues from Asia, Africa and Latin America \u2014 as he is \u201csometimes obliged to do at judicial colloquia\u201d \u2014 the \u201canomaly\u201d of CARICOM nations not having replaced the Privy Council with the CCJ, \u201cit ceases to be an anomaly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the face of the disbelief expressed by my colleagues, it becomes an embarrassment because it is linked directly to our perception of ourselves and the level of confidence we have in our capacity to take full responsibility for our own governance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Saunders said he addressed a graduating class at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) earlier this month and he remained confident \u201cthat the ill-informed would become better informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat the sceptical would become convinced. I look to the future and I remain confident that, as is the case with, for example, The Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean Examinations Council, and The University of the West Indies (to name just a few), the time will come when the CCJ also will be recognised as another of those Caribbean institutions whose vital contribution to the region can almost be taken for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs we focus on the future, it is essential that we appreciate that we can and must rely on ourselves to forge our own destiny. We can and must build a stronger St Vincent and the Grenadines and an equally strong Caribbean Community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two CARICOM nations, Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda, will hold referenda on November 6 to decide whether to replace the Privy Council with the CCJ as their highest court.<\/p>\n

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