The Cayman Islands is to adopt a revised constitution, the jurisdiction decided during a referendum held on May 20.
Official results from the Elections Office Referendum Command Centre indicate that 11,244 voters cast Referendum ballots (including mobile and postal ballots), of which 62.66% voted ‘yes’, exceeding the 50% plus one required for it to be enacted. Final tallies show that 7045 persons voted ‘yes’, while 4127 rejected the constitution.
“The Constitutional Review Secretariat (CRS) was very pleased with the turn out of voters for the referendum. The turn out was extremely high for such a new initiative for these islands. The country’s mandate has been ‘yes’ for acceptance of the constitution. Work will now begin to prepare for the implementation of the new constitution,” commented CRS Director Suzanne Bothwell.
The constitutional talks between the Cayman delegates and the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) started on September 29 and concluded on February 5. As a result of these meetings, a final draft of the constitution was published on the Cayman Island’s constitution website, the text of which was then voted in the recent referendum. Within the extensive amendments made to the constitution, the Caymans' delegation sought to deal with ten specific areas to give the Caymans greater autonomy, whilst retaining its links with the UK.
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