by Oscar Ramjeet
Last Wednesday was three years since the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) was inaugurated, and instead of countries initiating steps to join it seems as if there is less interest for member states to accept the CCJ as the final Court replacing the Privy Council.
The new government of Belize is not interested and the leader of the Opposition in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Arnhim Eustace, who had once indicated that he was in favour of the CCJ, now has a change of heart and has publicly announced last week that he will not support the move for his country to rid itself of the Privy Council.
Although the new Prime Minister of St Lucia, Stephen King, wants his country to have the CCJ as the final court, the opposition leader, Kenny Anthony thinks otherwise. This is surprising since Anthony, while he was Prime Minister, attended the inauguration ceremony in Port of Spain and gave no indication that he was not in favour of the regional court.
