Montserrat: Premier Reuben Meade survives no-confidence vote

Montserrat Premier Reuben Meade. PHOTO/File

Premier Reuben Meade of Montserrat has defeated a motion of no-confidence filed against him by the leader of the opposition Donaldson Romeo.

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All members of the Movement for Change and Prosperity party (headed by Meade), along with one member of the opposition Montserrat Democratic Party and two parliamentary secretaries voted in favor of the Premier.

Romeo, who filed the motion two weeks ago, had referenced several decisions by the Meade administration, including a Memorandum of Understanding that it signed with the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office and statements made by the Premier in Ecuador that Montserrat should no longer be considered by international organizations as a “colonized country.”

The Opposition Leader had called the statements “misleading” and “without the support of the people of Montserrat.”

Meade said he maintained the right to speak on behalf of Montserrat and used his visit to Ecuador to encourage the UN Committee on Decolonization to use their resources to benefit those countries and islands on the list of colonized countries.

Governor Adrian Davis said in the wake of the statements that the United Kingdom’s government does not have to authorize statements made by the government of Montserrat.