Cayman Islands send delegation to United Kingdom
A delegation from the Cayman Islands will be in the United Kingdom for a week from February 2. The delegation was sent for final discussions with a team led by UK Minister for Overseas Territories Gillian Merron. It is expected that the meeting of the Cayman delegation with British representatives will yield a final draft constitution for the jurisdiction.
The new ?onstitution will determine the political relationship of the Cayman islands with the UK as well as prescribe how government and its institutions will function in order to better serve the people.
According to leader of Government Business Hon Kurt Tibbetts, while government must await the next draft and the outcome of the final round, “there is broad agreement on all the key features of the proposed constitution.” The Cayman government will take many issues to the United Kingdom (among them the need for Cayman to have a Bill of Rights which balances the UK’s need to ensure overseas territories).