Consternation : Some amount of consternation has been generated by the treatment of “Commonwealth Citizens. Of particular concern is the concluding comment that: “If an adult Jamaican citizen by virtue of his own act acquires the nationality of another state – be it Commonwealth or otherwise – he is disqualified. However an adult Commonwealth citizen living in Jamaica for a year satisfies the condition of Section 39 whether or not he acquires Jamaican citizenship.” The consternation lies with adult Jamaican who have acquired citizenship of other Commonwealth countries – for example Britain , Canada , Barbados and Grenada to mention a few. Some have lived and studied in the respective territories and being duly qualified were successful in their application. Others found it necessary to take out some “insurance” in the heady days of the ideological 70’s. Indeed, there was the belief that citizenship in other Commonwealth territories meant that as a “Commonwealth Citizen” – albeit ...