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HARRY and Megan’s recent allegations about racism in the royal family have reignited debate on the future of the monarchy. There is a predictable banality to this debate. It is almost a choreographed routine. The republican opens with Monarchy is inherently classist and entrenches class divisions . The monarchist counters with Ah, but look how much they do for charity; where would be without Honorary Royal Patrons? From there it inevitably degenerates into tediously trying to off-set the costs of the civil list against tax receipts from the tourist trade – as if fundamental constitutional questions could be settled by means of a spreadsheet.
Speakers, parliamentarians, and clerks of parliaments from the Caribbean Legislative Assemblies were gathered in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago for the 44th Annual Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic (CAA) Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The conference, which lasted from July 12 to July 19, 2019, was held under the theme “Globalization and Nationalism: Quo Vadis – Impacts on Commonwealth Parliaments”.
Representing Belize were the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honorable Laura Tucker Longsworth; the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, Clarita Pech; and CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Kris Miller.
During the 12th Regional Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP), held from July 12 to July 13, 2019, there were discussions on the issues of gender-based budgeting and gender-based harassment.