Why I Support the Jamaican Monarchy

I note with interest the Comments made by British Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke concerning the proposed constitutional reforms the government is determined to have pushed through without the consent of a public referendum concerning the Final Court of Appeal and what type of state we should have. Regarding the CCJ Lord Clarke was adamantly clear that the United Kingdom will not try to influence the government to act in one way or another, that the choice was totally up to the Jamaican people and that the UK will abide whatever the decision we choose to make while concerning the monarchy he uttered similar sentiments of non-interference by the British while at the same time alluding to the fact that if the Government chooses to become a republic then it will not alter our relations with the Cameron-led government in the United Kingdom. Personally I share the sentiments of the Lord Chancellor for it demonstrates that the choice is completely in our hands and that we are truly independent which is precisely what I have been saying all along, contrary to the erroneous propaganda being put out by activist in favour of a republic

My rationale for supporting the Retention of the Queen is not so much about retaining colonial links but rather more about the fact that it has been proven over and over again that constitutional monarchy is a better form of government compared to republican styled system, even the Prime Minister herself was quoted as saying that within the monarchical system of government there are many areas for emulation as Jamaica pursues the path towards sustainable development. It is quite clear from this sentiment that Mrs. Simpson Miller knows perfectly well that the state being a monarchy is in no way a barrier to our independence and development that begs the question, why then is the government pursuing this agenda of ripping apart our sacred independence constitution bequeathed to us by our founding fathers?, why divert time and resources into this crusade when it will have no real impact on the life of the average Jamaican in their daily lives?.

Constitutional Monarchy has absolutely nothing to do with colonialism, it is about the authority of state being vested in hereditary ruler and exercised by elected officials and state agencies for the good of the people it was designed to serve. Monarchy has been known to be a source of political stability in many countries around the world in fact according to the Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index Top Ten Most Democratic countries 7 out of 10 were Parliamentary Monarchies so obviously that says something, even the Head of the World’s Most popular presidential system seems to agree when he made this famous quote last year “ We could lose our AAA credit rating because we don’t have a AAA political system to match” this implies that President Obama seems to think that the Presidential System which he heads and by extension Presidential Republics in general are far from being AAA class.


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My position is that becoming a republic simply for the sake of it is pointless. Many of my critics will no doubt point out to me that majority of the countries in the world are republics, but anyone who has bothered to research the histories of even half of them will find that these countries became republics either by popular revolts against an unjust absolute monarch or by an illegal coup d’état against their constitutional sovereign or in some cases they were established as a republic from the very beginning and were never a realm in the first place, Jamaica falls into none of the above categories and as such a republic totally unnecessary at this time. Other advocates of republicanism claim that their system provides for greater democracy of course the statistics quoted above from the Democracy Index already disproved that argument but still I really must contest that line of reasoning as it is a known fact that many republics such especially in Europe and Latin America have laws designed to protect the republic and make it a treasonable offence to advocate for the establishment or restoration of monarchy generally republicans have no problem but should the shoe be on the other foot, then all the republicans and liberals will come complaining about how despotic and tyrannical Kings and Queens are why they should be gotten rid of, clearly the playing field is not level here.

Again to reiterate I am not promoting the return to colonialism nor am I advocating for the establishment of absolute monarchism which could only bring arbitrary government, I only wish to see our Constitutional Monarchy and Westminster Style Democracy preserved in a Sovereign, Independent Jamaica and I am simply calling for all my fellow patriots to help to Protect, Preserve and Defend the Constitution of Jamaica written by the people, of the people and for the people.