Marlene Malahoo Forte, Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, is the chairperson of the Constitutional Reform Committee.
By Halshane Burke
The Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) says removing the UK-based Privy Council as the final court is not at the centre of the move to transition Jamaica to a republic.
In a release issued Thursday morning, the Committee said it met on Wednesday and deliberated on the matter of Jamaica's highest court.
The CRC is of the view that a decision on the Privy Council, while necessary for what it calls the 'Jamaicanising' and 'decolonisation' of the Constitution, is not a pre-requisite for Jamaicans proceeding to a referendum on the transition to a republic.
The Committee has written to the two main political parties requesting that they outline their positions on the Privy Council and a final appellate court for Jamaica.
The Constitutional Reform Committee is also seeking to assure Jamaicans that the Privy Council, as Jamaica's final appellate court, is on its agenda. It said Jamaicans will have a voice in the deliberations that will appropriately advise the government on the issue.
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