Talk:President of Barbados

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Un-needed description of the president[edit]

I'm not interested in getting into an edit war on this. But, we don't need it explained, that the president is ceremonial. GoodDay (talk) 20:11, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We don't need a false explanation, no. Like the monarch before her, the president is not ceremonial. She appoints and dismisses the government, opens and dissolves parliament, calls elections, etc. Her also carrying out some ceremonial duties doesn't change that fact. Aréat is blindly following mass media reports instead of reading up on how the parliamentary system works. --₪ MIESIANIACAL 21:33, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. The president has some executive powers & isn't just a figure head, like the Swedish or Japanese monarchs. GoodDay (talk) 21:54, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. The president of Barbados has equivalent powers to most heads of state in other parliamentary democracies. However, we might reconsider her description as "commander-in-chief of the Barbados Defence Force." That position is ceremonial. TFD (talk) 13:32, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]