BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Monday March 11, 2013 – The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Monday dismissed an election petition filed by the defeated candidates of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) challenging the nomination of Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Education Minister Petter Saint Jean to contest the 2009 general election.
Former UWP leader Ron Green and his colleague, Maynard Joseph, had appealed the January 2012 ruling by High Court judge Gertel Thom that they failed to establish a case against the two government ministers.
“We are very happy, we are delighted; this matter is now behind us,” senior counsel Anthony Astaphan told the Dominica-based website, Dominica Vibes News.
“(The) Prime Minister was, and at all material times, the lawful prime minister of this country and we are very happy. We haven’t read the entire judgment yet, we haven’t seen it, there were a number of orders that were made and we have to see what happens,” he added.
