Letter of the Day | CCJ adoption now!
Published:Friday | September 8, 2023 | 12:06 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam:
We at the Advocates Network support the call by Douglas Leys, who is a distinguished representative of our legal fraternity, for “a consensus vote in each House of Parliament to give approval to bills that were drafted some eight years ago, designed to amend the Constitution for Jamaica to delink from the Privy Council and embrace the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice”.
We have delayed this transition for too long, and given the recent haste which was applied to change the retirement ages of the director of public prosecutions and the auditor general, the nation would appreciate, and welcome, if the same haste is applied to the acceptance of the above recommendation.
We believe this will strengthen our democracy and allow for more accessibility to our final court of appeal for all Jamaicans.
ROBERT STEPHENS
Co-Chairman
Advocates Network