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Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says regional leaders must ensure the Caribbean remains a zone of peace, and has announced plans to establish a Caribbean Institute for Democracy and Political Governance at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, saying it is critical to safeguard the region’s values.
Speaking during a CARIFESTA panel titled “The Big Talk Conversation: The Idea of Caribbean Civilisation”, Mottley said governments across the region must confront the risks posed by shrinking avenues for shaping public values.
“What we need to do is to recognise that the state is at risk and why? If the only place you can start to shape values in a society now becomes a school because the people who used to watch the common television station ain’t doing so no more… what does that mean? That there is a risk and a temptation that the state will want to strengthen itself to control the society by power rather than by influence,” she said.
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