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Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has reiterated that the push for reparations is a matter of justice, not charity, for the descendants of enslaved Africans.
Speaking at a recent Caricom leaders’ summit, Browne said enslaved people were never compensated for their labour, and the wealth they generated was used to develop Europe and North America, leaving Caribbean nations without key institutions.
“We must fight for justice,” he said, citing the lack of hospitals, schools and infrastructure that followed centuries of exploitation.
Caribbean leaders have united in support of Jamaica’s formal petition to King Charles, which Prime Minister Andrew Holness described as a “watershed moment” for the global reparations movement.
The petition urges the King to seek legal advice from the UK Privy Council on whether the forced transport of Africans to Jamaica amounted to a crime against humanity.
If affirmed, Holness said, the UK would be legally obliged to provide reparations to Jamaica and its people.
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But wait! This is paradoxical, Brown fight for reparations while he gives white people reparations at PLH in Barbuda lands empowerment, he haven’t done that for the barbudans, instead he has the army and police arm with machine guns to keep the black people of barbuda from the buffer zone or apartheid boundaries.
These politicians are confused, junk on money they must be salivating at the mouth that reparations is hard cash for them to steal and lodge in their offshore bank account, so the money goes right back to the white people.
These politicians will be divided on that day for pennies because the Caribbean is not a contiguous state with one leader as federation was to have accomplished , And all the monies will be stollen.
So who benefits directly from the reparations? Do we even know who the descendents of those slaves were?
I support justice, but how realistic is this? Would King Charles really act on this petition? Still, it sends a powerful message.
Caricom should keep Haiti in mind too, we’ve been paying reparations to France, not receiving them. This struggle is wider than one country.
Seriously people! Is any Western country about to tank their economies based on what their ancestors did? Think about it . Only God will bring justice for what our ancestors experienced but no court in the land would ever agree to reparations as it opens a door to charges discrimination to nearly all ethnic groups by the hands of Anglo Saxons.
This is an exercise in futility as Jamacia and Barbados are claiming trillions of dollars/ pounds. Do you really think the British tax payers would approve of their funds being used in such a fashion when there are homeless people in their own country?
Can the Privy Council set up to advise the King/Monarchy then petition King Charles? That petition would be overturned by Parliament if it ever got that far.
The Privy Council is a body that advises the monarch, and while it can issue Orders in Council, these are generally used for specific delegated powers or prerogative matters, not to override parliamentary legislation. Parliament is the supreme legislative body in the UK, and its laws are not subject to being overruled by the Privy Council.
Here’s a more detailed explanation:
Parliamentary Sovereignty:
In the UK, the principle of parliamentary sovereignty means that Parliament has the ultimate authority to make laws, and no other body can overrule its decisions.
Privy Council’s Role:
The Privy Council advises the monarch on various matters, including the approval of Orders in Council.
Orders in Council:
These are legal instruments issued by the monarch on the advice of the Privy Council. They can be used to implement existing legislation, delegate powers, or address specific areas not covered by primary legislation, but they do not have the power to repeal or override Acts of Parliament.
Historical Context:
While the Privy Council once held more power, particularly in the medieval period, its role has evolved, and it no longer has the authority to overrule Parliament.
Constitutional Safeguards:
The UK constitution relies on conventions and legal principles to ensure a balance of power, and the supremacy of Parliament is a fundamental aspect of this
Right back @ Juju Bee: Stupid be as stupid is. Know thyself, lest ye be the unknown. Who is thee to deny thyself for want, and lack of knowledge; while existing only as a foolish pretender without relevance, and devoid of any hopeful redemption ?
WHAT THE HELL…! CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY …CALL FOR REPARATION…? …GROSSLY IMMORAL…?
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IF ‘..SLAVERY’ WAS CONSIDERED: most
(a) ‘…BRUTAL: and
(b) …IMMORAL: then
(c) …SEEN AS THE ‘…DEHUMANIZING TRADE IN SLAVERY.’
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SENTIMENTALISTS AND HYPOCRITES:
UNDOUBTEDLY, CALLS BEING MADE FOR ‘…REPARATIONS,’ COULD ONLY BE SEEN: as
(i) …GROSSLY IMMORAL.’
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COMPENSATORY PACKAGES:
THUS, IN DEMANDING OR CLAMMORING FOR ‘..COMPENSATORY PACKAGES’ OVER ‘…THE APPARENT HARBORED ‘…MENTAL PAIN’ OVER THE PERILOUS SUFFERINGS, THEN ENDURED, SPEAKS NOT ONLY TO THE ‘…DEHUMANIZED ACTS OF SLAVERY,’ BUT MAY ALSO SHOW THOSE HARBORING ‘…ILLUSIONS OF REPARATORY GRANDEUR’ (coined by commenter).
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SEEMINGLY, CEASELESSLY ENDEAVORING: some
(i) ‘…SOME INTELLECTUALS:
(ii) …SOME PROFESSORS: and
(iii) …SOME CARIBBEAN LEADERS:’ have been
VAINLY CALLING: for
(a) ‘…SLAVERY REPARATIONS.’
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IN THIS CASE, THOUGH NOT THE GENERAL POPULACE, JAMAICANS MAY QUICKLY: see
(i) ‘…PAUL BOGLE:
(ii) …SAMUEL ‘SAM’ SHARPE: and
(iii) …GEORGE WILLIAM GORDON:’ while
(iv) …ANTIGUANS AND BARBUDANS MAY QUICKER: see
(v) ‘…PRINCE KLASS- KWAKU:’ and
THOUGH NEVER ENSLAVED, COULD: see
(vi) ‘… SIR VERE CORNWALL BIRD: and
(vii) …SIR GEORGE HUBERT WALTER:’
(iv) ‘…ANTIGUANS AND BARBUDANS:’ with
HOES AND MACHETES IN THEIR HANDS WEEDING AND CUTTING SUGARCANES: than
SEE, AND HOLD ‘…REPARATIONS,’ FOR THE THEN ENSLAVED PEOPLE, ‘…BOB MARLEY CLAIMED, HAD BEEN ‘…STOLEN FROM AFRICA.’
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REMOTE PROSPECT:
NOW, GIVEN THE ‘…REMOTE PROSPECT,’ THOSE FUMING: FRETTING AND FROTHING FOR ‘…REPARATIONS,’ INDEED, HAVE A DARN LONG TIME TO WAIT.
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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LESSON NO. 5.
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THE churches/missionaries are also COMPLICIT IN THE ATROCITIES! THEY MUST ALSO BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.
NO SEPARATION WAS BETWEEN THE “CHURCH AND STATE.”
with a white man with a raised sword over a man’s head. Do you think that piece would be there if the swordsman was painted BLACK?
FOR BLACK PEOPLE, IF that is not mental abuse today, i don’t know what is… won’t be returning to that institution for anything… out of order!
Missionaries 1810-1851
Barbudans should demand reparations from the Afro-Caribbean Government of Antigua & Barbuda, as they systematically give away their resources to generations, of those who’re still slave masters and their overseers like Gaston, Harold, Chet, Jamal, Cutie, Wilmouth etc. By the way is it a fact, that Wilmouth, allegedly has in his possession dozens of acres, of lands in St. Phillip’s South, so too do Jackie? Who can forget Humphreys take over, of the former slave estate, at Collins.
These politicians and charlatans need to pick the beam out of their eye’s first.
The Transatlantic slave trade out of Africa from the 15th Century to this day was also facilitated by Africans on the African continent, so they too, along with the Catholic Church, the Church of England must all be codefendants, in this struggle for REPARATIONS.
The jews got and is still getting their reparations for the atrocities dish out against them. The Japanese got theirs for America & Europe testing modern weapons of wars on them. Vietnam and other Asian Nations got reparations too. So, descendants of those abused during the Transatlantic slave trade are deserving of REPARATIONS, but the focus should be on all the guilty parties and not just the selected few which makes it politically appealing to those #who’re still raiding the public purse and abusing, the citizens mentally. Mental slavery in more ways, than one is even more detrimental than physical slavery, because MENTAL SLAVERY is generational.
These quasi independent Nations, and their quasi Reparations Movements, don’t need to be begging and groveling at these world forums for what they’re deserving of. Precedent(s) have being set in many Courts, whereby, the Catholic Church, one of the main players in the Transatlantic Slave Trade due to its INQUISITIONS; has being found GUILTY and have been paying out MILLIONS to VICTIMS of their systematic abuses.
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