Caricom urges a “return to democracy”

CARICOM has once again hit out at British intervention in the TCI – lamenting the “disenfranchisement” of TC Islanders.

The regional body, which condemned the UK takeover from the outset, has demanded the return of democracy and self-rule.
The issue came under the spotlight at last week’s meeting of Caribbean Government leaders in Roseau, Dominica.

Chiefs spoke out in the wake of the March 8 demonstration which saw more than 1,000 citizens take to the streets of Providenciales in a show of unity.

A statement issued on Monday said the conference had noted the allied efforts of the PNP and PDM parties in “putting aside partisan differences to fight for the common good of the people of their territory”.

“Their concerns relate to the system of direct rule put in place by the British Government which, as Caricom had cautioned in earlier statements, has disenfranchised the Turks and Caicos Islanders who no longer have a voice in the shaping of the social, political, economic and constitutional destinies of their country.