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‘Defective decision’ - UWI professor rips CARICOM over ‘flawed’ reappointment of secretary-general
June 24, 2026
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An independent legal opinion out of Trinidad and Tobago has described the controversial reappointment of CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett as procedurally flawed, and legally void.
The conclusion was made in a 48-page document authored by Rajendra Ramlogan, professor of commercial and environmental law at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine.
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