2026-01-14

All stakeholders should treat January 17 as operational hard deadline for framework announcements. CPT should finalize internal consensus positions by January 16 enabling public announcements. CARICOM should prepare emergency Heads of Government summit protocols for weekend January 18-19 if deadline passes without consensus. Legal advisors should accelerate decree drafting processes during January 14-16 to enable immediate publication after framework announcements. Communication teams should prepare comprehensive public rollout materials by evening for framework releases. Contingency planners should develop institutional continuity protocols for scenarios where February 7 arrives without agreed frameworks. CONFIDENCE High confidence based on official institutional reporting.