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Barbados plans to replace Queen with ceremonial president
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP Mar 31, 2015 06:43pm |
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Author | Caroline Davies |
News Date | Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | It has long been independent from Britain, but the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados looks set to sever links with the Queen, drawing up plans to replace her as head of state with a president.
Freundel Stuart, the prime minister, told supporters of the ruling Democratic Labour party (DLP) that the island was functioning as a republic, according to the Jamaica Observer.
“We respect (the Queen) very highly as head of the Commonwealth and accept that she and all of her successors will continue to be at the apex of our political understanding. But, in terms of Barbados’s constitutional status, we have to move from a monarchical system to a republican form of government in the very near future,” Stuart said.
George Pilgrim, general secretary of the DLP, confirmed the development and said the change was expected to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Barbados’s independence in 2016.
A draft bill will have to be put before parliament. |
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