The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (a small Caribbean island nation) has shelved two proposed constitutional amendment bills following protests and online outrage over what critics called an attempt to rewrite the law in the midst of an active court case. The bills, which would have retroactively redefined "foreign power" to exclude Commonwealth countries, were designed to protect Prime Minister Godwin Friday and MP Dwight Fitzgerald Bramble from election petitions challenging their eligibility to hold office due to their dual Vincentian-Canadian citizenship. Friday announced the pause to allow for broader public debate, but opponents — including former Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves — have warned of a constitutional crisis, arguing the government was attempting to resolve a political problem through legislation while the matter is already before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.