Jamaican independence, really?

Jamaica gained its independence from Britain in 1962, but some argue that they are still not completely independent from the current Britain. On the website I found David A. Samms states, “There are so many vestiges of colonialism still existing in independent Jamaica that we can say we are still a protégé of England.” He than goes on to quote the dictionary. He does this to show that what Jamaica has does not clarify as independence, as far as the dictionary goes. So does that mean that they really aren’t independent? What Samms is particularly aggravated about is how the laws are being carried out, such as hangings. He talks about the Privy Council of England and how the case of Pratt and Morgan were carried out. It took place in 1988, and they were hanged He wants Jamaica to be able to write their own Constitution. He uses examples of Trinidad, Tobago, and Guyana who have also gained independence, but now have become republics which he says, “is a truer image of independence.”

I choose to write about a particular man’s, Samm, views because I feel that it gave a better view than just a general outlook on a colony and its vestiges. I feel that seeing how one person has been effected, and their outlook on the whole matter is a lot more interesting than seeing everything as a whole. I tried to take a different approach, and I hope it worked.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080329/cleisure/cleisure2.html