WE have been asked to explain a bit more about the consultation being carried out by the Constitution for Scotland (CfS) group which we revealed earlier this week.
CfS was formally constituted as a Scottish charity in April 2019. It advocates Scottish independence as a matter of community democracy and fundamentally exists to encourage consultation on a draft constitution.
The charity is managed by four trustees and is chaired by Robert Ingram, a retired chartered marine engineer, who lives near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
His three co-trustees are Ronald Morrison, from Helensburgh, a retired accountant and entrepreneur; Lorraine Cowan, Uddingston, a senior college lecturer: and John Hutchison, a retired chartered civil engineer and community advocate, who lives near Fort William.
If you visit the website www.constitutionforscotland.scot you can take part in the consultation process on the draft constitution, which has 15 articles.
CfS said: “The consultation has evolved from a decision taken some 11 years ago by a 22-strong group of Scots to draft a ‘model’ written constitution for Scotland rather than just talk about the need for one.
“The model constitution has been formulated to stimulate debate on specific proposals rather than vague notions – but is not in itself prescriptive.
“It is offered as the groundwork of a skeletal outline of the future fundamental law of Scotland – based on the concept of popular democracy.”
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