Letter
to CNS on CMA letter
Bishop
Nicholas Sykes
says:
14/09/2020 at 10:20 pm
Dear CNS,
The CMA’s recent letter to
the Office of the Premier (which surprisingly you do not appear to
have reproduced) indeed referred to s. 1(2) in the Constitution,
which is of course the backbone of Cayman’s legislation. S1(2)
“should therefore influence legislation”, as the letter said, an
important point which you appear equally surprisingly to have denied.
The constitutional section
1(2) says: This Part of the Constitution .. recognises the distinct
history, culture, Christian values and socio-economic framework of
the Cayman Islands and it affirms the rule of law and the democratic
values of human dignity, equality and freedom.
"This
Part”, as stated, refers to the whole of Part 1 of the
Constitution, the entire Bill of Rights, Freedoms and
Responsibilities, and s.1 is entitled “Guarantee of Rights,
Freedoms and Responsibilities.
It’s
good and necessary to get the fundamentals right – as indeed the
CMA letter did, and your report did not.