REGIONAL ROW - T&T challenges CARICOM chief’s reappointment, wants CCJ to decide

A major diplomatic rift has opened within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leadership amid the reappointment of Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett, with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar insisting that the matter be brought to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).Persad-Bissessar’s position was outlined in a 22-page letter sent to new CARICOM Chair and St Lucia Prime Minister Phillip J. Pierre, in which she also called for Barnett to recuse herself from the decision-making process of the Secretariat until the court offers its position.

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