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Republicanism in Jamaica FFS

Popularity and current status
In 1966 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by his son, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, toured Jamaica as part of his visit there to open that year's Commonwealth Games.

Prior to the Queen's 2002 visit, the newspaper Jamaica Gleaner said "So as Jamaica looks back, let it also look forward. Let this visit not so much renew old ties as cement new ones." The BBC reported that "despite republican sentiments in the country she was given an enthusiastic welcome."

A poll taken in 2002 showed that 57% of Jamaicans thought that the Queen's visit to Jamaica as part of Her Golden Jubilee tour was important.

Both major political parties in Jamaica have voiced support for making Jamaica into a republic in the last few years. In September 2003, then Prime Minister of Jamaica P.J. Patterson called for Jamaica to abolish the monarchy by 2007. Bruce Golding, Former Prime Minister, has also pledged that Jamaica shall "take steps to amend the Constitution to replace the Queen with a Jamaican President who symbolises the unity of the nation".

The newly elected government of Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller reportedly plan to establish Jamaica as a republic as part of the celebration of the country's fiftieth anniversary of independence in August 2012.