KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC—Jamaicans who’re eligible to vote are being urged to enumerate, emphasizing the essential function they play within the strategy of transitioning from a constitutional monarchy to a republic. This can be a vital second in our nation’s historical past, and your participation is important.
“Please, I implore you to enumerate to take part. The method will unfold in the end; it’s vital to remain knowledgeable and engaged with what is occurring,” stated Minister of Authorized and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte. Your lively participation is essential to shaping our future.
Malahoo Forte spoke on the tenth Biennial Diaspora Convention on Thursday in Montego Bay, a western metropolis.
The Minister stated the time has come for “the Head of State of Jamaica to signify the Jamaican nationality and the Jamaican identification.”
“The opposite objective we’re in search of to realize is to have the very best legislation of the land, the Structure of Jamaica, handed by the Parliament of Jamaica and permitted by the folks of Jamaica,” Malahoo Forte stated.
Jamaica’s transition from constitutional monarchy to republic will contain a two-thirds majority vote in Parliament and a referendum.
As well as, the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) is transferring to organize drafting directions for the substantive Invoice to transition Jamaica from a constitutional monarchy to a republic.
The Minister additional inspired individuals in Jamaica and the diaspora to learn the report from the Constitutional Reform Committee, which was tabled in Parliament not too long ago.
You will have a Ministry, and you’ve got the consulates, embassies, and excessive commissions. In case you have questions… drop them, and I guarantee you all, the missions will make sure that we get them and that you just get a solution,” Malahoo Forte stated.
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