After almost four months, Judges of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), will deliver their judgement, via teleconference, in the dual citizenship matter involving Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his education minister, Petter Saint Jean.
The decision will be handed down when the ECSC convenes in St. Kitts on March 11.
The opposition United Workers Party (UWP), appealed a decision in January 2012 in which High Court judge, Gertel Thom, rejected petitions by UWP election candidates, Maynard Joseph and Ron Green which sought the disqualification of Skerrit and Saint Jean as elected members of parliament.
According to the UWP, the two men were in breach of an electoral code since they reportedly held French citizenship on Nomination Day, ahead of the December 18, 2009 general election.
The appeal was heard in November 2012 and a decision on the matter was expected to have been delivered before the end of 2012.
Monday’s decision will be the final decision in the matter as the ECSE is the final court of appeal for constitutional matters in the region.
Face the facts: Ronald Green became a US citizen before the age of 18… he was not an adult and could not make decissions in that respect. The most important thing is that he was born a Dominican.
However, Skerrit and St.Jean became foreign citizens AFTER the age of 18 (when they were big men)… therefore, as the constitution says “they had made a conscious decission to become citizens of a foreign country, and hence have to give up foreign citizenship to be involved in Dominican political office”.
Let us read the constitution for what it is… it was not written in blue, red, green or yellow ink; it was written in BLACK ink on WHITE paper.
Thank you
It looks like everyone knows the verdict already so why wait until Monday. SMH
Everyone including you. So what’s the verdict.To pitch Skerrit out,and have someone who will respect the constitution?
Who got payed got payed, who hate, keep hating, money talk and court cases WALK !!
PRISCA, what are you talking about,,,,People are treating Skeritt like Republicans are treating Obama.
In December 2012 Obama went all over the U.S. telling us how the Republicans are fighting for the rich.Because they don’t want him to raise axes on the millions.And if they do not stop this obstruction,the poor and middle class will see a tax increase come January 1st. So the Republicans caved in and let Obama have his way.
I received my first check for the year,wednesday the 2nd of January 2013.You know what? Obama is taking an extra $300.00 in taxes from my wife and I every month.It is called the payroll tax.
i agree john charles
It was a 2% social security break you were getting for the last few years. It could not go on forever. He did not raise your tax he took back what he was using to help you out when you needed it( recession time). Btw if all he took back was $75 a paycheck each then you not in the 1% of this country, so 9 out of 10 of his polices will benefit you. I on the other hand have plenty to complain about and you don’t hear me whining. If you don’t like it you can go back to Dominica and see what your government there can do for you.
If Ambrose get the leadership position and give it back to SKERRIT after a bi-election Ambrose would be well stupid.
But then again see how quick Pierro and Rosie kick the bucket while sitting as PM. Amby might just decide it is not worth going through whatever it is that ended Rosie and Pierro be it stress,
Boy if Ambruise get that Skerro can never get that again.
TRUST ME AMBY will not do that.
Is Tony coming for the party in Lagoon. Another enter into Jerusalem moment. Notice no ” win loose r draw statement this time but they walking around like this case does not even exist. Just like the first time peeps.
Justice is an illusion truth is perception and who have the money to control and delay the working of truth but truth keep matching on.
Truth will reveal hy certain judges make their decision be it on the premise of law, money, friendship, kickbacks etc. truth is relentless.
Wespayais. Everyone is motivated by greed. Not making any accusations but one of the est colloquial cliche is ” largent ca fen woshh marchais “
Its so sad that politics have Dominica divided in two.At the outcome of the ruling some are going to be happy and some are going to be sad .My position is pray that that God will have have his way and do what is best for Dominica and whatever the outcome people will see it as the hand of God.
why do you infedels like to bring God into your foolishness nor. Just remember when the people of Isreal wanted and demanded meat, God gave them quail.
Skerrit expects to leave for Venezuela sometime today in order to attend Chavez’s funeral.I hope he returns to Dominica before Monday,because he might very well have to take a taxi to get back to Vielle Case.
hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa TAXI Vielle Case please !!
That on is nice. I wish it happens.He is not PM material.
fair is fair but it just baffles me that the same people from UWP that there condemning the pm and st jean are not better. haven’t they checked past yrs. one of them was a US citizen or whatever the case and labour never took him to court. so even if it happens the way some dominicans want and they “boot out” skerrit is not the likes of UWP that ever coming in power anytime soon. these men have no concrete plan for d/ca. not now and i don’t think anytime soon. Come better than dat UWP and just leave the man finish his term.
what a shameful openion
Your MAKAK, this is not a UWP and Labour or Pappy thing. It is about our constitution. So open your big mouth and tell Skerrit have respect for the constitution please.We should not be the ones doing it for fools like you, who obviously have no understanding.
Oh Please like we all don’t know what the verdict will be and if by some shocking surprise he loses, I’ve been told all he has to do is call elections and of course Dominicans will now reward a crashing economy, with 21 seats. So smart are Dumbinicans
Obviously the fundamental point is that a person is found guilty of a crime yet there is no discussion of jail, fines, or being blocked for life from being able to run for government? What exactly is the penalty here if he is found guilty?
Duh…
Read the part of the Constitution that speaks to the issue and you will find out want possible sanctions could be.
That’s all.
What ever happens I doh care..I on the fence.the current bunch of politicians in dominica has always been greedy.Too much partisanship in this land.No wonder we lagging behind when we should be on par with other caricom countries. Our economy is too small for these pullin here and tuggin there.I see Dominica bein sweet if we work together and try to do the right things.Unity is key people.
Nail biting which moment? Why they not giving the verdict in person, why is on screen? Cause they know the verdict is in the pm/petter favor, so d/cans cana make an uproar.
Funny how the talk nowadays is all about the constitution. Maybe some should really thank Skeritt for giving the younger generation the opportunity to have a secondary education where they now know and understand the word Constitution and use it aginst him.
What we have to thank him for is graduating children who cant’t read or write. We have to thank him for creating the economic paros who instead of working for their living prefer to go to the red clinic for handouts.
Prisca i do not question other people level of intelligence, but please take a look at that comment and and question your own intelligence
In times like this that i feel more ashamed to be a Dominican. Can someone honestly tell me that Ron and the UWP would do a better job for Dominica?
What is all this about really. Is this about Dominica not having an international airport? Come on my people do your own research.
Do you know that St Lucia had to pay American airlines for every empty seat on the plane.
American eagle flights to Da were filled twice a year during carnival and independece. People think that an airline is maintained like a car or
truck. You all are way off.
You all are talking about hardtimes now just put Ron and his goons in power and see how fast they are going to undo the progress that has been made.
As far as i see people are treating Skeritt like the Republicans are treating Obama.
I shoudn’t be surprise because the majority of Dominicans has already lost their identity.
It is really dangerous when some people are let loose with a tool they have no experience with.
Prica, tell it too them, you knock the nail right on the head, i am from Laplaine and believe it or not Ron Green is a dead letter .
you know this is wayyyy bigger than Ron green right? This is about men who are elected who may have so disrespected the constitution, and oh yes, I was educated when Skeritt was a child so he did not help me understand that word
If you stand for nothing you’ll fall for anything. It’s not about Ron and UWP. It’s about respecting the rules that we vowed to keep. Open up your minds my people, We are too blinded by partisan politics
@ Brathwait realy what u miss the part where both of them did the same thing man boy look jokes.
BRATHWAITH!!! when ron won his seat he was at the time a an American, where was the respecting the rules that we VOWED to keep or is it only now applicable. Woow am only now opening up my mind and my n many people are seeing RON is full of it and he is the blind one.
@ real posie,
Please stop making posie people look like fools. Are so saying that if someone murder , thief , rape etc and gets away with it that we should allow every one else to do the same.
get real dude. Just say you support your party no matter what and done with the story. you people sickening to be intelligent and pretending to be dumb just for the sake of politician who’s main objective is to keep power.
In the end the judgement will go your way as we know the court did not allow him to take the stand and no passport was presented. However remember the judgement of the the messiah above. Try fool him too.
Don’t you dare put Obama and Skerrit in the same sentence!!! ARE YOU INSANE???
“Progress” Really? Concrete is progress? Can you get a job? Can you pay your bills? If you get sick do you have proper healthcare? Are your children getting an education that makes them competitive regionally? internationally? Are they getting scholarships to Yale? Harvard? Are you safe in your home? On the streets? Is production increasing? What’s the state of our agriculture? More diveristy? Higher yields? Jobs? Lots of those or none at all? Self employment so you can actually pay your bills, is that possible?
I can go on for years and still have more questions all with negative answers.
PROGRESS????????????? Look go eat your concrete eh and enjoy digesting that keeping in mind that while you eating concrete Skerrit eating Lobster! See how fat they all are now? Living the good life at the expense of, and with the permission of sad to say, Dominicans.
Shows how much you know about Obama and his economic philosophy.
Just to let you know, again, the pouring of concrete – all over the US – is a major plank in President Obama’s wish to “jump start” the American economy. The President has relentlessly called for the Congress to pass a Jobs Bill the hallmark of which would be a construction/refurbishing of bridges, highways, water works, buildings and the like, as a fundamental pivot in his economic policy for the USA.
Yes, even President Obama, backed by sundry Nobel prize-winning economists, know that this would give a major boost to the jobs problems in the US.
Go read and/or dp some real listening, then come back here and talk.
It is so good to know there is no unemployment in the US. There are no one without healthcare. Oh wait what was the president fighting for again?
There are no homeless people? Wait a while where is that perfect country you are talking about – where everyone is employed, are never go cold and hungry, have no homelessness; where everyone has had an education, everyone can read and write.
Anonymous, please…stop day-dreaming because you cannot be living in the US and speak like that.
Follow the News the real News not gossip and you just might know what happens in the real world.
Prisca is right! Both Obama and Skerrit are socialists!! They Take from the rich to make themselves (politicians) not the poor or middle class richer! The writing is on the wall. Obama deceived so many gullible Blacks to vote for him just because he is Black. Obama is not the Messiah Dominicans. Get that through your heads! He is just another slick politician using flattery and words to satisfy itching ears. Same goes for our darling PM.
How comes Malgraysa is yet to add his penny? The specialist in everything lol Let me hear you Jaime ‘s Pathologist.
Don’t hold your breath..this court is a waste of time. They will uphold the lower court ruling. How else will they justify taking three years to clear an issue, which should have been cleared in two months?
JUSTICE DELAYED….JUSTICE DENIED..
will the supreme court’s ruling cut through the political facade and dispense justice where it’s deserved? will the people of the Caribbean discover some sense of truthfulness and confidence in the supreme court or will it just be business as usual? why should the majority of the people pay the price and beg for justice against these gentlemen who have flagrantly trampled the constitution of the land? should we continue to suffer the ignominy of social injustice for the expediency of crooked politicians????? why??????
Justice isn’t what you want it to be. The same constitution expect one to seek redress from the courts and expect that you will bide by the ruling. Not because the rulling isn’t in your favor that justice wasn’t done.
if the courts find me guilty of any infraction i know i will be judged be it financial or a custodal sentence. now let sit back and watch de koshonie unfolds if they are found guilty….
all i want is for them to pay back the state all monies received from the last election and a ban form going up for elections for a term.
Then how do we proceed against those that had such citizenship and hve been elected and being paid for more than 15 yrs?
All Skerrit has to do is call an election in 30 days after the date of the ruling if its against him. SMH the thought that a bunch of losers in the UWP who since 2000 don’t have a plan to move the country forward want another try to finally bury us. Lord had mercy.
Their teleconference verdict is just a show as they know very well whose side they on and they will not embarrass the previous judge. They know the true verdict is to teach the PM that the constitution deserves to be respected, but then again these guys are not their for justice.
If they were going to rule against Skerrit they would have handed down their verdict long time ago in Bethlehem. Four months later? too late Skerrit the winner by default.
Are you really serious or just lack the ability to be reasonable.
After almost 5 years of ‘salaries’ what sense does it make now? The way this court system acting it gives the people little choice but to consider them CORRUPT.
The sad thing is that after all that long song and dance they will still find them NOT GUILTY. This was just an exercise to bankrupt the opposition parties.
I’m Happy to see how Dominicans have finally realize that these guys are indeed in violation of the constitution. Some will not acknowledge that, because he has created an atmosphere that makes it very difficult for them to accept it.
You are so wrong. The court decides that. We have all become lawyers over night and failed to considered things objectively. let the court do its job.
The court in this case doesn’t decide whether skerritt and st jean are guilty of violating the constitution. My sense as a layman is that the ruling of the court will be something along the lines of. “We dismiss the claim of intelligibility: as an appellate court, we are unable to decide on this question. Furthermore no evidence has been lead to support that claim.
In the count’s view the judge at first instance erred in her judgment that she did not have the power to order disclosure. We recommend that the case be retried and disclosure be allowed “.
Ambrose my friend,,,you got that suit properly dry cleaned…by midday on Mar 11th you in the Seat of Prime Minister..
Ambro…you just have to clean up the mess Da is in
Electoral reform and respecting the constitution..
Ambro…don’t be fooled with a few dollars to ever think of bringing The Illegal dude back on…
Newton folks need a Prime Minister…they voted Without face for you in 09…
Ambro…you can work across the floor with the Opposition folks as you a smarter and more Mature Mind…..
Ambro…Patience is key you being waiting and Praying..it’s finally here!
Those that wait upon the lord shall shall renew their strength…… The walls of jericho are tumbling down……
INDEED. TRUE SAY!
I hope when the Judges of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court makes their judgement no matter in whose favor that everyone will respect the decision and we can move forward in this country. we to like to linger on things and grow white hair before our time.
All you how comes there is always a Breaking News and no one ever volunteer to repair and glue back the Broken News.
And when Carlisle Break the News nobody asking him to buy it back
His face in the photo says it all…The question is whether this PM is the best we could deliver on island.No wonder we are one of the poorest speck of sand in the Caribbean.
Wait for the jugdement. Can you imargine the PM in a “kangaroo court”?
This will be the unfolding of some interesting series of events for this Roosevelt Skerrit led administration, “truth trampled upon shall rise again” and indeed we are about to witness just that….. no lie lives forever!
what u people of this country relly have to worry bout uall isent checkin always bout politicts never think bout trying to build a future for the youths..instead of u people tats in charge try to work together you keep fighting and missing the big picture stupies
These guys will beat this again…… you watch. They took too long to reach a ruling and it is via teleconference…….More entertainment.
you that (.) dot there, we will see what will happen you just like the lintons and the blessings and the others>>> all u will go back to the drawing board
The Lintons and the blessings have you stressed out. They are lovers of Dominica to the bone.
Win loose,or Draw,the whole process is full of itself. Your guess is as good as mine. The more things change,the more it stays the same. stay tuned!!!
you all can bawl
I wish his penalty is severe enough to teach the youthful population who may want to go into politics that obeying the constitution is one of the key features of a PM in a democratic state.
., what is the Decision? pray tell
these guys should be ……….at 6.AM any given day post decison no ifs butts nor maybes.For the life of me I cannot put my head around my countrymen putting up with this incompetence rudness dumbness and all their other lowlife tendencies.These two ought to join the Laplaine conman who used the helicopter landing in Marigot to con the folks of marigot people.
He should be used ina monopoly game on the 03/13/13.
@ intransigent Garbage!. Go to school Your Sot!
only now when the entire term is almost over i just hope if they loose they r locked up in prison for a looooong time
@ Ole Poe …….I would have like to see that also, to teach them that this is a country of laws, but lets wait and see, if our constitution is still alive.
Ron Green was not locked up, so why should these guys be locked up?
Simply because he was NOT CHALLENGED in a court of law! Tapiche?
@ ole poe let me get this a man born in a country,raised in that land like you,and u want him to take jail the man cld have ten passport the one that matters in the green one from DA,but its not your fault is so they put u.LOL
just waste money with court matters.
@hallie berrie ‘the fool’. Anything to do with respecting our constitution is money well spent. This is what love of country means. Exposing corruptand evil leaders on your behalf. Buffoons like you dont even know that.
. Wish the court ‘boot him out’. After all the constitution is our supreme law. Respect it.
Boot who out?! This young pm is the best we have seen and have in a long time……so get off your haterzz Horse and deal with him staying there for the rest of this term and the one to come.
turn that page,turn that page. same old story for three years now,just now is election and they will be still there. everybody know dominicans easy to fool. they saying all kinds of things now and closer to election you will see.
For the flagrant and outright disregard and trampling of OUR CONSTITUTION, i hope he is BOOTED OUT!
Arrogance and good governance are enemies. Good leaders do not insult the people,they are nor pompous and haughty.They respect the constitution of the land.They do not tell their people Go to Hell! Go to Hell! Go to Hell! It’s not none of your dam business,Man to man we will Marsh them Up! This country is to Free! No law not even the constitution can stop me, and a million of other infantile, irresponsible pieces of nonsense.
People like these dont deserve to be leaders. SHAME ON THEM INDEED!
Nail biting moment……LOL!!!
Let’s trust the judges do not have drinks before instead of after.
I recall an old movie with Peter Sellers he was supposed to be put on the fired list and ended up on an invitation to a company party list. lol!
Thus the movie The Party nuff humor .Let’s just keep fingers crossedand they don’t mess up from their hangovers. Youknow dem Caribbean Judges Like their Scotch. When they arive in St.Kitts on the 11 or 12th they should not beallowed to have drinks.
We go see!!! Why tele conference? Is it because we don’t have an airport so that they can come in and speak to the people face to face? Has anyone of the OECS countries had a Teleconference verdict before? WE GO SEE? The begining of the END.
You asking why tele conference? Well it’s just another sign of scant regard they have for Dominicans and total disrespect. I for one am not holding my breath. This judgement may well demonstrate the lack of legal understanding by Caribbean judges and why we the people should resist all attempts to oust the prevy council as our final appilate court.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE MORE OF AN INTELEGENT PERSON
no big deal they gonna rule in the pm favor
Come on Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court give skerrit a break man Chavez just died. Geez Man!
skerrit and chavez are conjoined twins nuh?
but he will be reelected seeing that he does not posses dual citizenship presently….what’s the point of this?
will they ban him from running/being a candidate at future elections?
waste of time….Dominicans will put him right back in power..no matter the outcome
At least the laws will be respected.
Judgement day is coming Skerrit n Petter, its coming
@moring…..isn’t judgement day coming for u too?
I wish!! because Chavez gone he Skerrit is going to die politically?lol
God never gives a man more than he can bear. You mean in this time of grief for the PM, is more bad news on top of that!
How you make your bed, that is how you will lie in it.
Who say is bad news? With the quality of our judges skerritt already know the outcome and all now so he sitting with his legs up, big smile on his dimpled face drinking a big glass of iced tea, before going to have his bath with loubiere spring water. Hahahahagagaga.
With Charvez dead.i think Skero and St.Jean are Disqualified..
I have no fear the Courts found them illegal to Have Contested!…simple judgement..
The Courts took time to deliver that thunder bolt.
skero and st jean la yo ke wété