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THE CHARTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH


This page: Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar and the then Prime Minister of Australia, Hon. Julia Gillard, MP, play a steel pan, a Trinidadian musical invention. Right: With the Secretary-General of the CPA, Dr William F. Shija.


In a sense, therefore, the Charter provides institutional context to a longstanding practice of the Commonwealth as an advocate in a


plethora of areas directly linked to the social and economic development of its members.


I regard as significant Article 106 | The Parliamentarian | 2013: Issue Two


One of the Charter, which explicitly recognizes participation in democratic processes as an inalienable right of all Commonwealth citizens. Parliaments


and representative local governments are regarded as “essential elements” in the cornerstone of democracy. Adherence to democratic


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