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Former Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph Atherley believes Barbadians should have a say in renaming Independence Day.He insisted that the since-reversed decision to change the name to Barbados National Day should not have been made in the absence of public consultation.Late Wednesday, a day after announcing that Cabinet had agreed November 30 would be observed as Barbados National Day from this year, Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams issued a statement saying that the move would be put on hold as this was not the right time for the change.The about-turn followed public backlash and a petition and weekend protest march planned by the Democratic Labour Party.“I hope the Government takes this very seriously. This should have never been a Cabinet decision alone and in itself should have been a wider consultative process than that. But to the extent that the Cabinet did decide that and it was announced, I hope that they go beyond that and forget about the change of t

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