Jamaica's senate approves constitutional amendment bill eliminating reference to monarchy

A bill that will pave the way for the amendment of Section 61 of Jamaica’s Constitution and eliminate reference to the United Kingdom monarchy during the legislative enactment process, was approved in the Senate on Friday. [ . . . ] The amendment provides for new words of enactment in the Constitution, replacing ‘the Queen’, with ‘the Parliament of Jamaica’. Piloting the bill in the Upper House, Government Senate Leader Kamina Johnson Smith told the Parliament that the bill is one of several legislative steps being taken by the Administration as it pushes towards making Jamaica a republic. “The government firmly believes that it is important to express the supreme authority of Parliament of Jamaica in all legislative matters. Very importantly, the proposed amendment to section 61 of the constitution is an important step on our road to becoming a republic. Having replaced the words for enactment for all bills of Parliament, when the bill to transition Jamaica from a constitutional monarchy to a republican is passed, it will state that the enactment is made by the Parliament of Jamaica,” she told the Upper House.
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