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“Unite to survive”

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KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr. 2, CMC – Former  Jamaican Prime Minister  and regional statesman, P. J. Patterson has called for sweeping reforms within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), warning that the regional bloc must strengthen its unity and effectiveness or risk becoming irrelevant.

Addressing the Council of Legal Education’s Distinguished Lecture Series at the Norman Manley Law School at the University of the West Indies Mona campus on Wednesday, Patterson stressed that CARICOM needs enforceable systems to ensure that decisions taken by regional leaders are properly implemented.

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