Category Archives: COMMENTARY

In the introduction to his quite remarkable new book on the long-running Guatemalan claim to Belize, the author, Assad Shoman, makes the riveting comment that “Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts”. He is right to make this statement because protagonists in territorial claims, particularly the ones with the least facts to support their case, propagate much propaganda to suit themselves. Guatemala’s claim to Belize and Venezuela’s claim to two-thirds of Guyana are telling examples of reliance more on opinion and territorial ambition and less on facts. But, there can be little doubt about … Continue reading →

Geographical proximity to the seat of the Caribbean Court of Justice will not automatically mean greater access to that Court. If the referendum is successful and the CCJ becomes our final court of appeal, the ordinary man and woman in Grenada will find the court just as far beyond their reach as the Privy Council now is, if there isn’t a vast improvement of the reality on the ground, relative to the sorry state of our justice system and access to the Magistrates Courts, the High Courts and the Court of Appeal. You see, the way the system works, is … Continue reading →

Most people in Grenada are in favour of seeing the Caribbean Court of Justice become Grenada’s final appellate Court. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is of that same desire. The NDC is disappointed though not surprised, that Government seems bent on ignoring the calls for a postponement of the vote and in so doing, will almost certainly sacrifice a successful vote on the altar of expediency and narrow political interests. The TUC and the President of the Grenada Bar Association have also called for a postponement of the vote and for very good reasons. As far as the NDC is … Continue reading →