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The government says it is still considering a budget for the country’s first referendum on November 6.
The budget has apparently not been confirmed with two months to go before the exercise.
On Thursday, Cabinet held a discussion on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and the need to bring more information to the public on the operations of the apex court.
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The Cabinet was reminded that in 37 years of independence, only 30 cases have been brought from Antigua and Barbuda to the Privy Council.
Two-thirds of those
“The cost of getting to the Privy Council was almost ten times the cost of access to the CCJ; the citizens of Antigua and Barbuda have already paid their US$10 million dollars to the CCJ Trust Fund in order to guarantee its inoculation from political interference.”
The judges who sit on the CCJ are selected by a Judicial and Legal Services Committee which draws its membership from a wide cross-section of non-governmental institutions.
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