Jamaica tables historic bill to replace the British monarchy as head of state

Source: The Voice (UK)

Jamaica tables historic bill to replace the British monarchy as head of state

The bill marks significant progress towards Jamaica becoming a republic, according to the country’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs minister Marlene Malahoo Forte

13th December 2024 Written by: Sinai Fleary

JAMAICA HAS tabled a historic Bill to replace the British monarchy as its head of state.

The Government introduced the Constitution (Amendment) (Republic of Jamaica Bill) Bill in Parliament on Tuesday, which is a significant step in Jamaica transitioning to a republic.

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte, said the development “marks the greatest progress made so far” to replace King Charles with a Jamaican president.

“The tabling of the bill marks the greatest progress made so far in our effort to reform the Constitution of Jamaica to achieve the national goals of having a Jamaican as head of state instead of the hereditary British monarch and also having our supreme law taken out from under the cloak of the imperial Order in Council and placed in proper form,” Malahoo Forte said, according to The Jamaica Gleaner.

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