A first round of discussions will be held in Anguilla from 23-25 July between Anguilla and the United Kingdom on reform of Anguilla’s Constitution. A team of five officials from the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office will hold meetings with an Anguillian team consisting of elected members of the House of Assembly, legal advisers, and other community representatives.
These discussions follow on from the Report of the Constitutional and Electoral
Reform Commission, which was established by the then Governor in January 2006
and reported to the present Governor in August 2006. The review of Anguilla’s
Constitution is part of a process being undertaken with a number of the United
Kingdom’s Overseas Territories. There have been a series of public meetings
in the lead up to this first round of talks to enable people to voice their
views on the changes proposed. It is likely that more than one round of discussions
will be needed before final agreement is reached on a modern constitution that
is acceptable to both the people of Anguilla and the UK.
Anguilla, the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles,
is an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The
territory's existing constitution is defined by the Anguilla Constitutional
Order 1 April 1982 (amended 1990). A chief minister is appointed by the governor
(nominated by the Queen) from among the members of the House of Assembly. The
cabinet of ministers, the Executive Council, is appointed by the governor from
among the elected members of the House of Assembly.
The United Nations Committee on Decolonization includes Anguilla on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
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