BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – President Dame Sandra Mason has granted a seven-month extension to the Constitutional Reform Fee (CRC) to proceed its work till April subsequent yr.
Director Common – Governance, Gail Atkins, stated an Order granting the extension to the Fee chaired by retired Excessive Court docket decide Christopher Blackman was gazetted on September 18, extending the lifetime of the CRC till April 19, 2024.
The Order states that the Fee ought to “current the written report inside 22 months from the date of the appointment of the Fee”. The CRC was sworn in on June 20, 2022.
“The work of the CRC is fairly superior. It has accomplished consultations regionally and with the diaspora in the UK and North America. The CRC has acquired a number of submissions from members of the general public, at residence and overseas, in addition to from key stakeholders on issues thought-about pertinent to the drafting of a brand new Structure, Atkins stated.
“The CRC is now on the deliberative stage the place it’s contemplating all of the submissions made to find out the problems that shall be contained in its report back to be submitted to the President, in addition to to offer drafting directions for the preparation of a brand new Structure for Barbados,” she added.
The phrases of reference of the 10-member Fee, launched on June 24 final yr to advise the Authorities on the formulation of a brand new Structure, offered explicitly for the CRC to undertake 4 duties inside 15 months.
The broad-based panel is required to look at, contemplate, and enquire into the Structure of Barbados and all different associated legal guidelines and issues for growing and enacting a brand new Structure for Barbados.
It should additionally make suggestions to the Authorities on the reforms that will meet the circumstances of a twenty first century Barbados, promote the peace, Order, and good governance of the nation, and supply for consideration a draft Structure.
The CRC can also be tasked to make suggestions on all issues which might be related to attaining its goals and goals.
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