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14 comments:
Great article Peter. My one problem with it is your reference to St. Vincent as St. Lucia's sister island. What makes it our sister island? I believe the sister islands of St. Vincent are the Grenadines, as they are under the same flag. St. Lucia being its own sovereign state therefore, should not be referred to as a sister island to St. Vincent.
King Ralph went too far by wanting a republic, 10 yrs ago Australia tried and was defeated, the Bahamas also tried but was defeated.
Look around and you'll see that the weakest governments in the caribbean are all republics and Ralph will not win because of his ties to waco Chavez.
Our ties to the Crown is what makes us strong and they can join the CCJ just like Barbados and still stay with the Crown otherwise they'll be heading to be a banana republic. I say vote no.
Children of slaves prefer to stay with their colonial masters.
It is better than having a banana republic like so many around the world today. That is why the British gave us such a constitution.
Canada, Australia and New Zealand are huge and they're still connected to the Crown.
Here we are a few punny little Islands, already detached and isolated by water and we want more isolation. It is good to belong to something bigger than us.
We are proud to be children of slaves, we probably wouldn't have had a chance if we were back in Africa.
Anonymous said:
Children of slaves prefer to stay with their colonial masters.
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That's an insult, you jerk.
I agree with Josie's stance on the approach to constitution reform it should be a national categorical imperative.
There is no need to use such an important activity to score cheap political points. Of course people will have opposing views on what should be included and how certain matters should be addressed in the new constitution but they need to advance arguments, facts, legal and constitutional precedents to support their stances. There is no need to attacking persons in such an exercise.
Whether the country chooses to be a republic or monarchy does not have any serious implication on the socioeconomic path they choose to pursue. We will still have demorcratically elected governments. There are certainly more crucial matters that the new constitution should address that the present constitution does not adequately address or perhaps does not address at all.
Bottom line even if the best constitution is drafted it would not erradicate the cancers of nepotism, corruption and incompetence that face our small countries.
However, if we do break away from the crown it would just indicate that we are ready to forge our way in the world on our own terms, in the best interest of our people.
To engender more national pride and less mendicancy.
Our connection to the crown is what identifies us in the wider world.
Oh Really? And you are proud of it? I am not!
That's your choice, I have mine.
Well stick with yours but I will seek to liberate myself. I don't need the recognition of the"crown" to be known as a St Lucian.
But first you have to liberate yourself from yourself.
St.Lucians are more free than most people in the world so the need for liberation is only in your mind, hence mental slavery.
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