Parnel ‘PR’
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The lamented passing of Mr. Parnel Campbell Q.C, former Chairman of the multi-sectoral Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) which spearheaded the failed constitutional review process of 2003-2009, brings into focus a most disconcerting statistic.
The CRC embarked on its arduous task 18 years ago with a membership of 25, supplemented by a similar number of alternates, under the leadership of distinguished regional jurist Dr Nicholas Liverpool of Dominica with Mr Campbell as his deputy. All but the representatives of the two parliamentary political parties, the ULP (4) and the NDP (2) were drawn from civil society organisations.
By the time that Mr Campbell was laid to rest yesterday, a significant number of those persons had completed their mission on earth and departed for the “great beyond”. Mr Campbell became the second head of the organisation to die, following the death of Dr Liverpool in 2015. PR became Chairman when