Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC has called on the CARICOM Secretariat to release documents related to the February Heads of Government Retreat and the reappointment of Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett.

In a social media statement on Sunday, the Prime Minister requested meeting minutes, performance appraisals, and records from both the 2021 and 2026 appointment processes, as well as documentation referenced in a letter from Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Sean Sobers sent on April 9th, 2026 to the regional body.

She expressed concern over what she described as a lack of transparency on this matter, stating: “Any progress towards deepening the integration process is being diminished by the continued aversion to transparency regarding this surreptitious, corrupted and flawed process used to reappoint GS Barnett. The deliberate attempts to avoid accountability but instead willfully and publicly smear my Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Sean Sobers will continue to be met with public responses from myself and my government.”