{"id":9638,"date":"2021-11-11T12:25:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=9638"},"modified":"2021-11-11T12:25:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:25:41","slug":"gnrc-makes-recommendations-to-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/gnrc-makes-recommendations-to-government\/","title":{"rendered":"GNRC Makes Recommendations To Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

St George\u2019s:\u00a0<\/strong>The government of Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell will consider a request from the Grenada National Reparations Committee (GNRC) to rename \u201cstreets and other important areas to accurately reflect our history and heritage\u2019\u2019, as part of the nation\u2019s 50th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of independence celebrations in 2024.<\/p>\n

GNRC\u2019s request is contained in a letter, signed by its chairman Arley Gill, and addressed to Prime Minister Mitchell.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the most of our history, our streets, hospitals and schools have honoured and memorialized individuals that contributed very little and, more often than not, nothing to Grenadian life. Historical research shows that many of the individuals that we commemorate and honour were involved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade or were direct beneficiaries of the slave trade,\u2019\u2019 said Gill, who also is Grenada\u2019s Ambassador to CARICOM.<\/p>\n

He suggested to the prime minister that there\u2019s a need to \u201cestablish a post-independence monumental landscape to be reflective of who we are as a people, what we want to be as a people, and to inspire future generations of Grenadians to see themselves as one day being part of our national landscape\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

Dr Mitchell, in a response signed by permanent secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Kim Frederick, thanked Gill for the recommendations.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease be advised that said recommendations will be submitted to the Cabinet for its consideration,\u2019\u2019 Gill was told. \u201cThereafter, this ministry will inform you of the decision of the Cabinet.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

In arguing for the government to adopt the recommended changes, Gill said that \u201censuring accurate historical representation in public places\u2019\u2019 has become a \u201cmatter that has garnered regional and global attention in recent years\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

He noted the example of Barbados and the relocating there of the Lord Nelson statue that \u201crightfully belonged in a museum and not in a public square\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

The landscape of monuments in Grenada now is \u201cmore representative of the 18th<\/sup>\u00a0and 19th<\/sup>\u00a0centuries\u2019\u2019, said Gill, and the GNRC \u201cstrongly believes that the time has come to identify and amplify the lives and memories of outstanding nationals, who made valiant contributions to Grenada\u2019s civilization\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St George\u2019s:\u00a0The government of Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell will consider a request from the Grenada National Reparations Committee (GNRC) to rename \u201cstreets and other important areas to accurately reflect our history and heritage\u2019\u2019, as 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