With a mere three months to go before Barbados is set to become a republic, members of a Government-appointed committee leading the transition are now divided over the precise way forward, Barbados TODAY has learned.And it appears Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s decision to proceed with appointing a non-executive president, ending almost 400-year ties to the British Crown, with a promise to introduce a new constitution afterwards is not sitting well with prominent advisors to the process.The 10-member Republican Status Transition Advisory Committee (RSTAC), a sub-committee that is responsible for the legal aspects of the process and a blue-ribbon panel of three prominent Barbadians who had been invited by the main committee to add their expertise are all caught in a procedural dispute, sources have confirmed.
