CARICOM Heads have accepted the invitation from the Chief Minister of Anguilla to send a delegation of Heads of Government to Anguilla at the earliest opportunity to play a role in the abatement of ongoing tensions between him and the Governor.
At the Heads of Government meeting in Suriname last week, they discussed with the Chief Minister of Anguilla, Hubert Hughes, the prevailing situation in that CARICOM Associate Member where public tensions between the Governor and Chief Minister persist, according to a statement from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen.
The Heads of Government in light of their grave concern at the continuing deterioration in the governance arrangements in Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory, expressed the firm view that at all times the best interests of the people of Anguilla must be paramount, including due respect for the duly-elected government.
In this regard, they called upon Anguilla’s leaders to “safeguard public confidence in political leadership through constructive and objective discourse and reiterated CARICOM’s readiness to contribute to an abatement of the ongoing tensions.”
