CARICOM SEEKS CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE ADVISORY OPINION ON SECRETARY-GENERAL REAPPOINTMENT DISPUTE

A major legal showdown is brewing within the Caribbean Community tonight. CARICOM leaders have agreed to head to the region’s highest court to resolve a bitter dispute over the reappointment of the regional bloc's secretary-general—Dr. Carla Barnett. The move comes after Trinidad and Tobago fiercely objected to the reappointment process. Serving as CARICOM chairman, Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre issued a formal community statement outlining the legal path forward. tape