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CARICOM Chair Mia Mottley
CARICOM Chair Mia Mottley says the time has come for the regional bloc to undertake a reform.
Ms Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, says the grouping must have a greater voice on the world stage.
"We have a responsibility to reform this institution. We have spoken for too long as to the need for independent funding mechanisms," she asserted at the end of the 48th Regular Meeting of the regional bloc in Barbados on Friday.
She cited several possible options for raising the required funds: "Whether it is a cess (on) imports... a small fee for all border passings, people coming in and out of our borders, or whether it is the assignment of renewable energy licences to to CARICOM and our regional institutions."
"The time is upon us to settle the independent funding of this Caribbean Community," she reiterated.
Additionally, she said it was time to review the governance mechanisms of CARICOM, "and to recognise that there may be a need for a greater political voice alongside the administrative structures of CARICOM, as we've come to know it over the last few years."
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