By J. K. Roberts ( Sound Public Policies Advocate ) How ‘essential and necessary’ is the registration of voters and how ‘meticulous and stringent’ must be the measures for and the maintenance of a voter registration system, in a ‘thriving democracy’? What are the principles which must inform a ‘sound and secure’ voter registration system, […]
By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate) Grenada’s 07 February 1974 Independence Constitution ‘stipulates and commits’ all leading national representatives and executives such as the Governor-General, Members of Parliament, Government Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Supervisor of Elections, and members of the Public Service Commission to ‘take and subscribe the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath […]
By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate) The Grenada Monarchist League brings a thrilling addition or boost to an ‘Open University on Grenada Constitution’, but this entity surfaces with tremendous ‘mysteries and questions’ about its existence. What could be described as an ‘impromptu and reactive’ setup, the League is yet to be disclosed and […]
By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate) Grenadian Dr. Francis Alexis QC. constitutional lawyer and advocate for constitutional reforms, is a recognizable and experienced discussant concerning constitutional governance throughout the Caribbean region, and he was given the opportunity to spearhead Grenada’s first constitutional referendum through a broad-based Constitution Reform Advisory Committee (CRAC) to change […]
By J. K. Roberts ( Sound Public Policies Advocate ) Within three weeks of the ceremony of Grenada’s Golden Jubilee on 07 February 2024, Dr. Francis Alexis QC., former Law Lecturer, Attorney-General and Political Leader, floats abruptly and forcefully on 22 January 2024, “Constitution Reform For Grenada At Fifty” by having the Oath Of Allegiance […]
By J. K. Roberts ( Sound Public Policies Advocate) Dr. Francis Alexis QC., constitutional lawyer and advocate for constitutional reforms with specific interest in the Caribbean Court of Justice, was Grenada’s Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs during the Administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Recent ‘alertness and discovery and conclusion’, pertaining to the […]
By J. K. Roberts ( Sound Public Policies Advocate ) On 24 January 2024 the NOWGRENADA website publishes “MPs to celebrate 50th Independence with special joint sitting”. The article mentions about a notice from the Clerk of Parliament to the Members of Parliament (MPs) for a Special Joint Sitting of the Upper House (Senate) and […]
By J. K. Roberts ( Sound Public Policies Advocate ) There has not been any ‘meaningful interest and sound preparations’ on the part of the Government towards the Golden Jubilee of Grenada; and thus by extension, the imperative considerations and engagements surrounding Grenada’s milestone completion of its first fifty years of Independence have not been […]
By J. K. Roberts ( Sound Public Policies Advocate) What is the main issue of contention? Grenada’s Ruling Administration of the 23 June 2022 National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by Attorney Dickon Mitchell, must have caused many disappointments and suspicions concerning its lack of ‘open and serious’ considerations for tackling the 07 February 1974 constitutional […]
