“I have no apology to make…I stand ready to retain counsel to defend myself if sued” – the words of Floyd Capitolin in response to a demand letter from attorney-at-law, Joshua Francis.
Francis, who is the deputy political leader of the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) and the Member of Parliament for the Roseau South constituency, demanded in a letter sent through his attorneys Dyer and Dyer to Capitolin on May 31, 2019, that he, Capitolin, apologize and issue a retraction for publication of what the letter alleges were defamatory statements which he made on social media about Francis.
The two-page letter with which Capitolin was served on May 31st, demanded that he “immediately submit a draft of a clear and unqualified apology as well as a retraction for publication in an equally conspicuous manner as depicted and played out on social media and also national radio in the Commonwealth of Dominica.”
The letter further stated that in view of Francis’ position as an attorney-at-law of long standing in the Commonwealth of Dominica, the OECS and the wider Caribbean, “your defamatory statements are meant to injure, not only his profession as an attorney, but his character as an elected member of Parliament and Deputy Leader of the official Parliamentary Opposition in the Commonwealth of Dominica.”
The letter also asked that Capitolin submit a proposal for “substantial compensation” which it indicated would be donated to a charitable organization in Dominica.
“Should you fail to submit a satisfactory reply within the next 4 days upon receipt of this letter, our instructions are to issue a writ without further notice. In the meantime, you are to cease and desist all defamation of our client’s character and reputation,” the letter stated.
In his response, dated June 4, 2019 to Francis’ attorneys, Capitolin stated that “Francis was charged on November 4, 2016 for the criminal offence of indecent assault and remains charged as at this date. That, instead of facing his day in court, he sought judicial review to have the charges dismissed or delayed and that as a result of using this strategy, the charges have not yet been read to him and the criminal process delayed.”
Capitolin’s letter continues, “Further, your client’s wife has filed a divorce petition in which very serious assertions of fact were made against your client. I believe her as I find no other reason than a sincere desire for protection, for a wife and mother to make such assertions. In my mind, these assertions reflect seriously on your client’s state of mind and conduct against your daughter.”
The letter adds, “I am also fully aware of his conduct on February 7, 2017. I should add that I am, and I am hoping you are as well, aware of your client’s history. This history cannot be swept aside or under the carpet. This history includes the fact that your client’s wife being your own daughter, did obtain an order of Protection against Domestic Violence so the facts are clear and they speak for themselves. In the circumstances, I have no apology to make. I stand ready to retain counsel to defend myself, if sued.”
It looks like Floyd Capitulet is conspiring to have Joshua Francis convicted by a court of public opinion, a so called kangaroo court but since we have no kangaroos maybe we can call it a goat court, a court kwabit. I don’t know if Joshua is guilty or not, let the law decide that Floyd. If not you are no better than those guys that used to hang our brothers from a tree or burn at the stake on a simple say so. Dominica is not like that.
CAPI.We told you these guys were CROOKS ,TRAITORS and CORRUPT.They closed down the LAYOU 5 STAR HOTEL in your village.UWP robbed your people of hundreds of thousands of dollars.Remember how GABRIEL CHRISTIAN tried to play you with the CBI.These people distroyed Dominica because of CORRUPTION and INCOMPETENCE.Now CAPI you have seen the true UWP.We will stand with you .UWP belong to uneducated people like Viewsexpress,Ibo France,La plaine Observer,Massacre and %.
who did? Joshua closed the 5 star layou hotel? or lennox? which one? Thompson? you talking about being robbed of hundreds of thousands, what about the unaccounted millions of the past 15 years. right now your PM about to build his SECOND MANSION, this time in the upscale suburb of Morne Daniel on your head. I supposed because he is PM he is justified and is allowed to do that, along with everything else that he is doing behind the scenes. DLP belongs to complete ignoramuses like you Lin Clown. Biggest clown in the red circus. Clowns and animals alone, and a ring leader that is a master of manipulation. One day you will open your eyes, but by then you might already be blind, so either way you not seeing the light. forget about days of Edison James like how we forget about PJ.
If capetoly allegations are true then capetoly have joshua by his balls… if capetoly allegations are false then joshua have capetoly by his balls too.
But joshua have a moral responsibility to rebuttle sooner rather than later… i heard the fella the minister called little marco responded already. its up to joshua to respond as well.
Capi you have strengthened Francis boy..
He will defeat the lady in the commess party by over 500 votes ….
Sikiri for all are we!!
Roseau South seat is in a blue bag, signed and sealed to be delivered to Sikiri after the polls.
Who is Chekira?
Who knows her!
Stuppessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssdssssssssssssss!!!
Dyer and Dyer new very well they were setting up Sikiri. How on earth can someone challenge these facts when they know everything said is true. The in-laws must be protecting their daughter.
Admin: You have not posted my comment which was a mere commentary on the statement made by Mr Capitolin and a suggestion on how Mr Francis could address the issue.
ADMIN: We are not sure which comment you are referring to, you can always try re-posting your comment.
But hear Floyd,a scam of a guy,Floyd you were pretending to he a godly healer,well jumbie money have you now,good luck,you will lose.
Floyd, I am happy to finally see what you look like. Be thankful that at the time that you had so much to say about me after returning from Cuba and not even knowing me that is was not financially capable to make you pay for your tongue. However, I do hope that this time you are finally held to account. But in case you are not I welcome you at this time to regurgitate those fallacious claims you made about me then. My initials are BJ from Marigot.
Thanks Floyd, thanks DNO for a very informative piece. Now I understand what the DLPcandidate for Roseau South meant as “commess.”
I cannot understand how a man of the law can be so ignorant and arrogant when it comes to misbehavior as far as the law is concerned.
Now I know why the opposition gang bangers are so desparate and scared of Skerrit.
I like the response. Capitolen is not just casting aspersions, he is supporting his statements with evidence which is in the public domain. My humble suggestion is that Francis makes no further comment on the issue. He has been caught and Capitolen seems to be informed.
Capitolen seem to be ready for any fight and if those were the allegations Francis speaks about, he is in a difficult position.
Maybe mr. Capitolin is not familiar with the concept of “sub judicial” or , more likely, thinks the normal rule of law does not apply to him.
Capitolin, are you aware that one is not guilty, even though the person is charged, until the courts find that person guilty. Therefore, all the public allegations by you, against Mr. Francis, are just that, allegations. I hope you have irreputable evidence to substantiate all what you publicly said about Mr. Francis. Because you are very close to Skeritt, don’t believe the ,”no law, no constitution, cannot prevent me from doing what I want,” syndrome, also pertains to you.
What you say should apply to everyone not just the UWP cabal. You and the UWP have found Skerrit guilty of all crimes under the sun without one charge been laid against him, yet you write this rubbish about innocent until proven guilty, you hypocrit. Mr. Capitiolen has signaled his intention to face Mr. Francis in the courts, so let’s see.
Where are the jobs? They just tàlking foolishness. The country is not producing anything interms of manufacturing. I have a homework for Dominicans more specifically the peolpe dress up in red. Plz take a pencil and a blank piece of paper. Go to the supermarkets around Dominica. Take note of the number of items sold in the supermarkets being manufactured in Dominica and ask yourself if this country is going anywhere?
You don’t want it to go anywhere, so your thoughts are all negative. The chicken in my fridge, soap, alcohol including Ginger wine, toilet paper, water all my windows for my renovated house, were made or assembled in Dominica.
How could a father represent someone who hurts his daughter as per what I read so sad.
From my observation, the law profession is very profitable in the Caribbean. Law suits are never in short supply. And with a stiff competition to see whose ego is most inflated, politicians will continue to out malign each other. This is the season where sleaze balling takes the forfront, and nasty is plenty. One thing is certain, there will be at least two lawyers who will be making some money off this issue.
Boss just apologized, There’s Allegedly a case I believe against Joshua but he has not been convicted so until then u can’t say it’s true. I really believe with Lennox and Joshua the UWP will never win an election in Dominica. The rest of the Candidates seem ready to lead.
look de pot trying to call de bot black.
de master of judicial review tactics is a senior counsel……right under de PM elbow!
Well Look it all Gloves off now …Let the count begins
Josh my partner go for it. No grease needed my boy, just daymoutay Capitolin right out so he will learn a serious lesson
. That man so darn brazen or stupid that even when given an opportunity to save his soul he continues to play heavy. Hope the PM has set aside money to help him.
These ignoramus supporters of the DLP will go down the rabbit hole for the sake of skeritt. You better be ready and have the power convince Joshua’s wife to testify against her husband in court to substaniate your claim. The same way skeritt has been suing, Joshua has the same right to sue also.
Ok Capitolin..wait, it coming. LMAO!!..
How foolish can you be to take up a fight that you have nothing to lose if you don’t engage in that fight, but risk losing a lot for having engaged in it..
Floyd sir, you are not fighting for yourself or for country, reevaluate your position. Save your Wife and Children this headache and embarassment..
Guttural politics coming from an intransigent political operative of a totally clueless party. They cannot run on their dark and barren record so they resort to the most vicious personal assassination trying to impress an audience of one. This is the kind of antiquated politics that does no one any good. It cannot repair roads, build bridges, stimulate the economy, produce jobs, improve healthcare, lower energy rate, produce sporting, entertainment nor recreational facilities. These grotesque comments do not bring any sort of relief to a badly beleaguered people. The country has being stuck in quicksand for twenty burdensome years and all the players of the current regime can do is curse like unschooled gossip mongers on the streets. Mr. Capitolin, your comments were UGLY but do not surprise me coming from you.
Who is more clueless than the lying and corrupt UWP. A party that gives aid and comfort to alleged child molesters, and sell diplomatic passports to finance their compaign. You expected Mr. Capitiolen to bow before your god the mighty and all powerful SIKIRI? It ain’t gonna happen as the only people who are scared and under the spell of Sikiri dwell in the corrupt bowels of the UWP.
Hehehehe!!!
The ULTIMATE Mexican stand-off. It will be interesting to see who blinks first.
*grabs popcorn and soda*
Weĺl floyd you got plenty to say about francis
What about your wife and life
You of all people should shut your mouth
You forget all the ills you did in cuba and still doing in dca
Hope skerrit pay the money for yoy
Con artist
Floyd is not running for public office. It is those that are running for public office that should be exposed for their many sins and crime against minors.
Wait a while zandolin mistah have a wife? Papagod and What is the allegation? He was even cheating? I cannot believe mistah study cuba and find himself ontop speakers acting like a jack donkey. Pm good too we to get grown men to make such fools of themselves for him
See mistah head .. i wonder how much he get to behave in such manner and bring himself to be ontop of a speaker acting like a jack donkey
Floyd is not the one who sued first. If you think he is bad, wait until he counter sues. The backlash or counter punch will certainly derail Francis chances of being a creditable candidate.
Because he is the deputy of his party that was removed as deputy because of his arrest then reinstated on a whim and remain a member of the House with an arrest record does not look like ethical practice. Nor his participation in the D-Day activities. I can hear the chant ” Francis must go, this outlaw must go”
@ Flat tire….”see mister head” you say . Well I say take a good look at Linton’s head. Is he experiencing reverse evolution. Look at his crocodile smile and his flaring nose and the outward projection of his head. Look at how he gesticulate pumping his right hand like KING KONG and sometimes looking like a Judas goat. That is your unpatriotic leader. He, Letang and Baptiste have tied for first place in an ugly juu overt competition on early carnival Monday morning. You and Bend Over tied for second place.
I am not sure how Christian people can support this dirty labour party
I wonder how Christian people can support a party that gives aid and comfort to an individual who is charged with ………. Only others can do wrong your party can do no wrong. It was wrong for Skerrit to be a French citizen and that should disqualify him from been a member of parliament. But Ron Green who was an American citizen all the time he sat in parliament did nothing wrong, you all uwp people are just a bunch of hypocrits. The UWP received money from individuals in exchange for the promise of diplomatic passports when they get in office, one of the individuals ended up jail for money laundering. After Sam Raphael exposed their diplomatic passport operation (of which he was a part), former leader Edison James who had come out of retirement promptly went back in retirement without saying one word about what Sam Raphael had said. Now they are protecting one of their own who has allegedly committed a crime. What a dishonest party!!
DNO, you edited my comment, you are now telling people how they should comment I did not mention names all I did was make a general comment ….
ADMIN: We have addressed this multiple times before but perhaps you missed it. Under the sexual offences Act 1 of 1998 of the Commonwealth of Dominica it is against the law to publish information that may identify the victim, which may include the identity or indirect references to the identity of the alleged perpetrator. People can easily link the two.
Additionally, you claimed the individual was charged with a crime, that is false information.
I wonder how Christian people can support Joshua Francis?
Has Joshua been found guilty by a court of law??
So why don’t you shut up?
Remember people in glass houses…
Has Skeritt or any of his ministers been found guilty in the court for engaging in criminal activity? The answer is no, yet the UWP and its operatives continue to refer to the DLP government as a criminal enterprise. If you can’t take the heat get out.
Because the police refuse to look into it because he has the police in his pockets and because the prosecution services not looking into it because they are in Skerrits pocket. Don’t try and be clever man, we all know how things work in DA.
I have some christian coworkers from the gospel mission by the airport… alas i wonder how they sl3eping serving two gods.
great answer Floyd you have no apology to make!!!
Hey Floyed, be prepared to counter sue weather they continue their suit or not. Remember what you said is public knowledge Francis is a public figure. You on the other hand are not a public figure. An other thing is that you can inform the USA embassy in Barbados that Francis has an arrest record and cannot be issued with a visa (visitor’s or permanent). Furthermore actions on D-Day can be defined as terrorist activities. What a mess. Wow.
Good thing y’ll have to submit your social media when you going for a visa. With all that nonsense going on an social media, calling for people jobs, calling for people to kill each other etc.
BTW, delete doesnt mean it’s gone
So all this commess of Frncis and Linton will be held against them particularly when it concerns the attempts to remove the government. Some views expressed certainly can be reported to the USA embassy in Barbados Now I know why so many of the uwp gangbangers post comments under fake names.
More votes for Sikiri!
More votes for Sikiri!!
More votes for Sikiri!!
DLP is collapsing from within and outside!!
“”Sikiri for all are we””
The Sikiri should have remained quiet, now if he moves forward with this all his dirty laundry will be washed in public and there is nothing he can do, not even bias DNO will be able to help him.
@ Anon….Bias DNO…..In what way is DNO bias, in whose favor or against who. I thought they had a written policy statement that enshrine free and fair journalistic ethical practice, including freedom of expression of the press and of the people posting. DNO, am I mistaken or do you have a selective practice? Do you delete, say “duplicate” or say “under consideration” according to your dictates and in spite of your policy.
No votes for Sikiri the outlaw. A fake lawyer with no ethics is called an “OUTLAW” . Now we have Dominica’s first outlaw and the deputy of the mobsters called the “THE OPPOSITION GANG BANGERS”
Their battle cry is “stone the police. The police cannot tell us what to do”
They see the CBI money as outlaw loot for a raid, outlaw style. They think that Dominicans and the world have eyes closed and cannot see hidden motives. Well we are smarter tan a fifth grader who get expelled from school for cursing teachers and fighting students for their own recess. We know that wearing a new expensive suit everyday does not change one’s character, but make the wearer a wolf in sheep clothing.