Historian: T&T should exit Commonwealth to push reparations cause

A his­to­ri­an feels Trinidad and To­ba­go must con­sid­er with­draw­ing from the Com­mon­wealth and im­pos­ing eco­nom­ic pres­sure on coun­tries that refuse to pay repa­ra­tions for the trans-At­lantic slave trade.

Dr Jerome Teelucks­ingh’s com­ment fol­lows British Prime Min­is­ter Andy Burn­ham’s in­di­ca­tion that Britain is pre­pared to apol­o­gise for its role in the transat­lantic slave trade but will not con­sid­er fi­nan­cial repa­ra­tions.

Burn­ham’s com­ment came as King Charles III is sched­uled to meet with Caribbean lead­ers at this week’s Com­mon­wealth Heads of Gov­ern­ment Meet­ing (CHOGM) in An­tigua and Bar­bu­da.