Politics of Anguilla
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Politics of Anguillatakes place in a framework of aparliamentaryrepresentative democraticdependency,whereby the Premier is thehead of government,and of amulti-party system.Anguilla,the most northerly of theLeeward Islandsin theLesser Antilles,is an internally self-governingoverseas territoryof theUnited Kingdom.TheUnited NationsCommittee on Decolonization includes Anguilla on theUnited Nations list of non-self-governing territories.The territory's constitution is Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982 (amended 1990 and 2019).Executive poweris exercised by the Premier and the Executive Council.Legislative poweris vested in both the Executive Council and theHouse of Assembly. TheJudiciaryis independent of the executive and the legislature. Military defence is the responsibility of theUnited Kingdom.
Executive branch
[edit]| Office | Name | Party | Since |
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| Monarch | Charles III | 8 September 2022 | |
| Governor | Julia Crouch | 11 September 2023 | |
| Premier | Ellis Webster | APM | 30 June 2020 |
The Premier appointed by the governor from among the members of the House of Assembly. His cabinet, the Executive Council, is appointed by the governor from among the elected members of the House of Assembly.
Legislative branch
[edit]Anguilla elects on territorial level alegislature.TheHouse of Assemblyhas 13 members, 7 members elected for a five-year term in single-seatconstituencies,4 members elected at-large and 2 ex officio members. The suffrage is from 18 years. Anguilla has amulti-party system.
Political parties and elections
[edit]Judicial branch
[edit]The courts of Anguilla are:
- TheJudicial Committee of the Privy Councilin London; this is Anguilla's finalappeal court.
- TheEastern Caribbean Supreme Court,including:
- the Court of Appeal, and
- the High Court, based in Anguilla.
- Anguilla's domestic courts (which enjoy appeals to the Court of Appeal), including:
- the Magistrates' Court, and
- the Juvenile Court.[1]
International relations
[edit]Anguilla is a member ofCARICOM(associate),CDB,International Criminal Police Organization - Interpol(subbureau),OECS(associate) andECLAC(associate).
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Anguillan criminal court system".Association of Commonwealth Criminal Lawyers. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-31.Retrieved2010-12-25.
