GSLP-Liberals-Manifesto-2019

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maximise the benefit of Gibraltar’s participation. We will continue to participate in meetings of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Union, the Commonwealth Local Government Forum and the Commonwealth Games. A GSLP/Liberal Government will encourage Gibraltar associations and organisations to continue to participate in their respective Commonwealth bodies. In Government, we will continue to send our young people to meetings of the Commonwealth Youth Parliament. We did so for the first time to the last meeting in Jersey and intend to do so again to the next one in India. The next meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) will take place in Rwanda in 2020. In 2018 Gibraltar sent representatives to the Commonwealth Business Forum, Youth Forum, Civic Forum and Women’s Forum which were organised around the CHOGM in London. A GSLP/Liberal Government will continue to work for a role for the Overseas Territories in the next CHOHM in Rwanda. We will encourage further visits to Gibraltar by High Commissioners from Commonwealth countries. Australia, India and New Zealand have already been here on fact-finding visits. We have also had the opportunity to meet with other Commonwealth nations in London and elsewhere. CPA As part of the Brexit strategy, we have looked at partnerships beyond the European Union. One of the links that we have particularly strengthened is that with the Commonwealth though the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association where Gibraltar has an established presence not only in the continued attendance of conferences but also by obtaining a presence on working groups. This established relationship has opened many doors for discussion with Commonwealth partner countries as it has provided a platform to forge relationships with other Members of Parliament. We will continue to fund Parliament for all its necessary Commonwealth Parliamentary business. MOROCCO The GSLP Liberals believe that there should be further commercial and economic ties between Gibraltar and Morocco. When Spain closed the border in 1969, supplies of labour and foodstuffs were imported from Morocco by sea instead. There is now a thriving community of Gibraltarians of Moroccan descent who have enriched our cultural diversity and contributed to our identity as Gibraltarians. We welcome and support the opening of a commerce and trade office in Tangier by the Gibraltar Morocco Business Association. We will continue to explore new ways to cooperate economically with businesses in the Kingdom of Morocco. UNITED NATIONS AND SELF-DETERMINATION SELF-DETERMINATION We maintain that the future of Gibraltar can only be freely and democratically decided by the people of Gibraltar in exercise of their right to self-determination. We therefore reject the Spanish claim to our sovereignty. In line with this policy, we will continue with existing strategies and develop new ones in order to achieve our objective. It is inevitable that some of this work will be carried out behind the scenes and away from the glare of the cameras. UNITED NATIONS We remain committed to continue to put Gibraltar’s case before the Committee of 24 and the Fourth Committee of the United Nations. We will also continue to participate in the annual regional decolonisation seminar organised by the Committee of 24. It is important to understand that if Gibraltar does not attend, then Spain’s views will remain unchallenged in our absence. Our work at the United Nations goes much further than the set-piece contributions that we see on our television screens. There are always meetings and events organised behind the scenes where we have been able to put across Gibraltar’s point of view to key people in the UN framework. We have been able to hold meetings with different Chairs of the Committee of 24 in the past, outside the formal structures of the Committee room. In Government, we intend to continue with this course of action. The international legal status of Gibraltar will not change until we are removed from the United Nations list of Non Self Governing Territories. That change in status is an essential component of decolonisation. Therefore a GSLP/Liberal Government will continue to press for Gibraltar’s removal from the UN list, with the support of the United Kingdom. We will also renew our invitation to the Committee of 24 for a visiting mission to Gibraltar, in the same way as they visit other territories on their list. CONSTITUTION The GSLP Liberals are committed to a review of the 2006 Constitution in order to assess what further progress or changes are necessary and appropriate. The first stage in this review would be conducted by a Select Committee of the Gibraltar Parliament. This would include a period of time for the general public to make representations. The second stage of that review would be a discussion between the representatives of the people of Gibraltar and the Government of the United Kingdom. In that review, the question of selfdetermination and decolonisation would be of paramount importance. REPRESENTATION IN WESTMINSTER Gibraltar has been represented in the European Parliament as part of the South West Region of England since 2004. This arrangement will come to an end in the event that the UK and 38 ...aspire to the best Gibraltar
Gibraltar exit the European Union. It is therefore important to investigate fully the options available to Gibraltar for representation at the Westminster Parliament instead. The GSLP Liberals will explore the possibility of representation for Gibraltar in the Westminster Parliament in a manner where Gibraltar retains all the constitutional powers that are currently exercised by the Government and Parliament of Gibraltar. UK - OVERSEAS TERRITORIES MINISTERIAL COUNCIL A GSLP/Liberal Government will continue the engagement with other UK Overseas Territories both within and outside the Joint Ministerial Council. This Council predates, and is separate to, the one on Brexit. It meets annually in London and asserts the right to self-determination, decolonisation and delisting of those UK Overseas Territories who wish it. RELATIONS WITH SPAIN The negotiations for the departure of the Member State United Kingdom and Gibraltar from the European Union provided the opportunity to talk to Spain as our nearest EU neighbour. Gibraltar and Spain met directly for the first time since Cordoba. Sometimes we met without the UK in the room. There were also meetings between UK, Gibraltar and Spain as well as with the EU. This process of variable geometry has worked very well and provided the opportunity to establish personal relationships and contacts. It led to Gibraltar’s inclusion in the Withdrawal Agreement with four Memoranda of Understanding and a Tax Treaty. This contact is notwithstanding the fact that we remain committed to a trilateral process of dialogue between Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and Spain. Normalised relations between Gibraltar and Spain based on positive dialogue and mutual respect would be to the benefit of all sides. Having said this, a GSLP/Liberal Government will have no hesitation in strongly defending our country and our rights. We will never let down our guard. We successfully saw off the hostile action against Gibraltar instigated by Foreign Minister Margallo. We will do so again if we have to. ECONOMIC COOPERATION Gibraltar is of considerable positive economic benefit to Spain and to the Spanish economy. There are over 15,000 people who live in Spain and work in Gibraltar. Gibraltar purchases over 1.5 billion euros worth of goods a year from Spain. Gibraltarians spend tens of millions of pounds a year on leisure activities in Spain. We account for 20% of the GDP of the neighbouring area of Spain and are the second largest employer for the whole of Andalucia. This means that Spain too should have a vested interest in cooperation with Gibraltar in order to increase further the shared prosperity that already exists. LOBBYING IN SPAIN In Government, the GSLP Liberals will continue to explain the position of Gibraltar to politicians and to other opinion formers in Spain. It is important to take our message directly because the reality of Gibraltar is often distorted and misrepresented. We intend to maintain a positive working relationship with the Mayor of La Linea and with other nearby municipalities and, where possible, with provincial, regional and national authorities. We will continue to work with the Cross-Border group and with business organisations and trade unions in Spain. We will organise a Gibraltar Day in Madrid to make Gibraltar’s political and economic case and counteract the untrue myths propagated about our nation. GIBRALTAR AIRPORT The policy position of the GSLP and the Liberal Party is that Gibraltar is British from the lighthouse to the frontier fence, including the territorial sea around us and the airspace above. We maintain that while Gibraltar is part of the European Union, Gibraltar Airport must be included in applicable EU civil aviation legislation. This is also the position defended by the United Kingdom Government. In the event that the UK and Gibraltar were to leave the European Union, then Gibraltar airport will leave also and EU law will cease to apply. Aviation will then become a matter for discussion in the context of a future UK/EU air services agreement. THE MOD & THE ROYAL GIBRALTAR REGIMENT The Regiment is one of our most valued national institutions, alongside our law enforcement agencies. The Regiment must stay above the party political fray. We acknowledge that members of the Regiment have been Members of Parliament with different political parties in our history and they have made a valuable contribution in different areas of our public life. On the Regiment, we will seek a crossparty consensus so that at every stage we support the Regiment entirely on behalf of all Members of Parliament and not just Government Ministers. We have demonstrated our deep support for the Regiment. At every opportunity the GSLP Liberal Government has ensured that we have acted to show that support and to strengthen the Regiment. We will continue to do so. The men and women of the Regiment deserve no less. EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY This year The Royal Gibraltar Regiment celebrated the 80th anniversary of its formation. After eighty years of loyal and dedicated service to The Crown and Gibraltar, the Regiment has more than earned the right to be treated as an equal and take its rightful place “in the line” with the rest of the British Army. TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE The GSLP/Lib government values greatly the contribution made by past and serving members of the Regiment ...aspire to the best Gibraltar 39
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