The World: Barbados set to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 08:24 am

Barbados, a small Caribbean island kingdom with a populace of about 300,000, introduced Wednesday that it will eliminate Queen Elizabeth as its head of country via November subsequent 12 months as it seeks to cross past its colonial history. 

  “The time has come to thoroughly go away our colonial previous behind,” stated Barbados Governor-General Sandra Mason, handing over a speech on behalf of Mia Mottley, who used to be elected as the country’s first woman high minister in 2018. 

  “Barbadians desire a Barbadian head of state. This is the final statement of confidence in who we are and what we are capable of achieving.

Hence, Barbados will take the next logical step towards full sovereignty and end up a republic by using the time we have a good time our fifty fifth anniversary of independence,” Mason said. 

Although Barbados received its independence from the British in 1966, it maintained a formal hyperlink with the monarchy like other nations that had been as soon as part of the British Empire. 

The Queen is the head of country of the United Kingdom and 15 other nations that have been previously beneath British rule, which includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Papua New Guinea and different territories.  

The final united states of america to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state after independence was Mauritius in 1992. 

If it follows thru with the plan, Barbados will be part of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and Dominica as nations where the head of country is an elected president.

Jamaica has suggested that this is a route it may also comply with soon. 

When requested about the decision, Buckingham Palace downplayed the issue, announcing it is a depend for the people of Barbados.  

But it is not the first time that Barbados has supposed to emerge as a republic.

The issue has been mentioned considering that 1998, however it has never been carried out. 

Queen Elizabeth not often visits the island, and the ceremonial features of her workplace are normally carried out through the governor-general.

(AnadoluAgency)