{"id":333806,"date":"2024-12-06T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=333806"},"modified":"2024-12-05T23:38:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:38:11","slug":"gonsalves-doubles-down-on-cbi-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/gonsalves-doubles-down-on-cbi-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonsalves doubles down on CBI position"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_333807\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-333807\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-333807\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Prime-Minister-of-St-Vincent-and-the-Grenadines-Dr.-Ralph-Gonsalves-1-642x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"282\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-333807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Ralph Gonsalves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines\u00a0Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has maintained his position that his country\u2019s passport is not for sale.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2023, he predicted that a European Union (EU) hammer was coming down shortly on the region\u2019s Citizenship by Investment program (CBI). He was reacting to a decision by the British government to impose visa restrictions on travelers holding Dominican passports.<\/p>\n<p>In a video interview, Gonsalves said the new visa regime on Dominica, which was imposed due to concerns over the island\u2019s CBI program, was just a matter of time.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, based on the Vincentian leader&#8217;s current statements, there is more bad news on the horizon for CBI programs across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe European Union Commissioner had a meeting with those same governments (within the OECS),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highest office in the land is that of citizens. It is higher than the office of President, Governor General, Prime Minister,\u201d he said while delivering remarks at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus&#8217; 14th Annual Dame Eugenia Charles Memorial Lecture held at the State House Conference Centre this week.\u00a0 \u201cOur perspective: it is not a commodity for sale,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>As it relates to the passport, he said it is, \u201cthe outward sign of the inward grace of citizenship and that too is not potato, yam, dasheen and cassava and that too, from our standpoint, is not for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the same point of principle, not ideology,\u201d Dr. Gonsalves noted. \u201cThe second issue of practicality is the two dimensions, how some programs run and the fact that countries external to us which we engage in practical terms are taking increasingly hostile positions and the impact that may have on those programs and persons who are issued passports under such programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gonzales added, \u201cThat is in a nutshell our position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gonzales said he is aware that there are revenues made by governments, \u201cI know some lawyers and accountants and middle-men love them and they make a lot of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn St Vincent and the Grenadines the opposition argues for Citizenship By Investment to sell passports and citizenship,\u201d Dr. Gonsalves explained.<\/p>\n<p>As for the administrations engaged in such programs, he believes those are sovereign decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines\u00a0Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has maintained his position that his country\u2019s passport is not for sale. 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