Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has ruled out any im­me­di­ate move for Trinidad and To­ba­go to adopt the Caribbean Court of Jus­tice (CCJ) as its fi­nal court of ap­peal, even as she wel­comed the re­gion­al court’s im­pend­ing role in re­solv­ing the dis­pute over the reap­point­ment of Cari­com Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al Dr Car­la Bar­nett.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar was yes­ter­day asked di­rect­ly by Guardian Me­dia whether T&T would now con­sid­er em­brac­ing the CCJ as its fi­nal ap­pel­late court af­ter suc­cess­ful­ly ad­vo­cat­ing for the tri­bunal to de­ter­mine the dis­pute sur­round­ing Dr Bar­nett’s reap­point­ment.

“Not at this time,” the Prime Min­is­ter re­spond­ed.