Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness will not attend King’s coronation The Jamaican Government plans to cut ties with the British Monarchy and remove King Charles as the Caribbean country’s head of state.
JAMAICA’S PRIME Minister will not be attending the Coronation of King Charles this weekend.Andrew Holness is set to miss the coronation on Saturday at Westminster Abbey.
Over the last 12 months, the Jamaican Government has announced plans to cut ties with the British Monarchy and remove King Charles as the Caribbean country’s head of state.Mr Holness unveiled the 14-member Constitutional Reform Committee team, which will guide Jamaica as the country transitions to a republic.
“Once we have abolished the monarchy from the make-up of our form of Government, it will be replaced by the Office of President of the Republic of Jamaica. The president of the Republic of Jamaica is to be a separate office from the head of government of Jamaica,” Ms Malahoo Forte said during a recent press conference.In October 2022, a senior minister for St Kitts and Nevis said now is the time for the twin-island nation to be come a “truly independent country”.
In the last year, a referendum on the subject of republic status was also put on the agenda by the Prime Minister of the The Bahamas.
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