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After about 40 years of independence, two Caribbean residents will vote if they are ready to cut the legal ties with the former British colonial empire.
Tourists on a beach in Grenada. Now, the island will vote for the reduction of legal ties with the former British colonial power. Stock Photography.
Although the British regime has long since ceased in the region, several English-speaking Caribbean countries have retained the UK's Judicial Committee of the United Kingdom's Privy Council (JCPC) as the supreme judicial body.
Today, citizens of the islands of Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada, about 200,000 people, will vote in favor of the adoption of the Caribbean Court (CCJ) based in Trinidad. . To make the change, a two-thirds majority is required.
The Grenadians have already opposed judicial change in a referendum in 2016. But this is the first time that Antiguans and Barbudians will vote on the issue.
The JCPC is composed of, among others, British judges and judges in all forms of business – currently, for example, a complaint for a road accident in Antigua and Barbuda. But the court also ruled on heavier things, including in 2002, when it was ruled that it was inconsistent with the Constitution that Saint Lucia uses the death penalty as a mandatory punishment for murder.
The governments of both countries want to join the Caribbean Court. But people are divided. Many see justice as a way to permanently cut ties with the old colonial power, while others fear that judges in small Caribbean countries lack impartiality.
Several Caribbean countries say they intend to eventually adopt the CCJ, but only Dominica, Guyana, Barbados and Belize have done so today.
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