Leaders referred the dispute over their secretary-general's reappointment to the regional court. The opinion it eventually delivers will bind nobody.
Diplomacy
Key Facts
—The summit. The 51st meeting of CARICOM heads of government ran in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, from July 5 to 8.
—The row. Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister challenged the process used to reappoint the bloc’s secretary-general, a dispute running since February.
—The fix. Leaders agreed to seek an advisory opinion from the Caribbean Court of Justice under Article 212 of the founding treaty.
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