GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The people
of the Cayman Islands have an opportunity to examine the contents of
the package of Constitutional reforms and offer Government their
feedback.

While the content of the package of reforms have
been agreed by the United Kingdom, the Cayman Islands Government and
the Opposition, both the Government and the Opposition believe it is
important that the people of the Cayman Islands get the opportunity
to scrutinize the planned changes and to ask any questions they may
have.

The key documents can be found at
www.exploregov.ky/constitutionalreform
and are available by clicking the links at the foot of the page.

Questions and comments can be submitted by email
to constitution@gov.ky

Once that process if finalised, the revised
Constitutional Order will go through the formal process in the United
Kingdom and it is expected that the new Order will be confirmed by
the Privy Council in February 2020.

The Cayman Islands had been in constitutional
discussions with the United Kingdom since last year because of
concerns about unilateral actions of the UK Parliament in seeking to
legislate for Overseas Territories.

The Cayman Islands sought these
discussions because of a breach of convention and possible
constitutional overreach in May 2018 when the House of
Commons legislated for the British Overseas Territories in the area
of domestic policy. Responsibility for domestic policy has been
devolved to the territories under the terms of their respective
Constitution Orders made by Her Majesty in Privy Council.

The Cayman Islands sought safeguards that confirm
that the Cayman Islands Government has autonomous capacity in respect
of domestic affairs, and that the UK will not seek in the future to
legislate, directly or indirectly for the Cayman Islands without, at
a minimum, consultation with the Cayman Islands Government.

Because the Constitutional Reforms have been
agreed by the UK and the Cayman Islands Government and Opposition,
the UK deemed it unnecessary to hold a referendum on the important
but uncontroversial changes.