The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has promised a referendum on the country becoming a republic in reaction to the Queen’s death. The Commonwealth of Nations, and the aspirations for parliamentary democracy and good governance promoted by the CPA, remain the most enduring and hopeful legacy of the disbanded British Empire.Jamaicans protest to demand an apology and slavery reparations during a visit to the former British colony by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Collin Reid/Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. The CPA aims to build co-operation and discussion between Commonwealth MPs and to promote good standards of parliamentary practice across the globe through frequent international conferences, workshops and meetings. The values of the Commonwealth are reflected in the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), an organisation with branches in every Commonwealth nation. Most of the Commonwealth countries, reflecting their British influence, have adopted a Westminster-style form of parliamentary government, with elected legislatures, often with an upper and lower chamber multi-party democratic elections and responsible government by ministries drawn from the majority party and accountable to the elected legislature and its opposition parties. Since the London Declaration the Commonwealth has grown through the decolonisation of the British Empire and, between 19, over 20 former Crown colonies joined the organisation as they gained their independence.
This has allowed republics such as India and Pakistan, and countries with their own monarchies, to remain part of the Commonwealth without compromising their sovereignty. The London Declaration of 1949 emphasized the Commonwealth's member states' independence from Britain by renaming it the Commonwealth of Nations and by recognising the British monarch's role only as Head of the Commonwealth. India, Pakistan and Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) joined the British Commonwealth – as it was then called - when they became independent in 1947. It originated with the 1931 Statute of Westminster, and its original members were the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland (which joined the Canadian Confederation in 1949) and the Irish Free State (which left the Commonwealth in 1949). It is an international union of nations working together to promote a number of common values and goals, such as democracy, human rights, good governance, and the rule of law.
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