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Compass News – 26 June 2025
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Cayman Compass
Governor outlines top priorities for new Parliament
The new coalition-led government laid out its plans for the parliamentary session in the governor’s address, delivered at the state opening of Parliament on Wednesday.
The 2025-26 session officially began with Premier André Banks and Speaker Ezzard Miller being greeted outside the Parliament building with a Guard of Honour before Governor Jane Owen arrived to deliver the Throne Speech.
Addressing a packed chamber of MPs, officials and invited guests, Owen welcomed the new premier and his National Coalition For Caymanians government and outlined the legislative priorities for the new term.
A main priority, she said, was the proposed reform of the immigration system.
“The government is bringing a bill to amend the Public Service Management Act to introduce term limits for all non-Caymanian civil servants,” she said.
“These changes are intended to come into force from January next year, affording existing and new civil servants the same term limit and putting in place a two-year ‘rollover’ period at the end of the term limit.”
