The ruling of the Appeal Court does not transform Skerrit’s dishonesty into honesty nor does it create truth out of the lies he has told about his possession of a French passport and by extension his dual allegiance disqualification for membership in the Dominica parliament pursuant to section 32.1(a) of the Constitution. His supporters will celebrate the triumph of his dishonesty, and the court room success of the acts of trickery and deception indulged in by his attorneys, which is their right to do… but we must maintain the discipline to call things by their correct names. Like the court of Gertel Thom at first instance, the Appeal Court abandoned the constitutional rule of law in favour of protecting the rights and privileges claimed by Skerrit and St Jean to use dishonorable behaviour to enter and stay in the honorable House of Assembly.
When men and women entrusted with judicial responsibility fail to act with integrity and refuse to find the discipline to fairly and fearlessly pursue and deliver justice, then they inevitably end up playing strange games at some altar of political convenience or the other.
If you had any doubt that we are living in Skerrit’s “NO LAW, NO CONSTITUTION” era, read the ruling and count the lame excuses, inconsistencies and absurdities engaged to ensure that he prevailed come hell or high water
When men and women entrusted with judicial responsibility fail to act with integrity and refuse to find the discipline to fairly and fearlessly pursue and deliver justice, then they inevitably end up playing strange games at some altar of political convenience or the other.
If you had any doubt that we are living in Skerrit’s “NO LAW, NO CONSTITUTION” era, read the ruling and count the lame excuses, inconsistencies and absurdities engaged to ensure that he prevailed come hell or high water
