In response to the national speech/media release put out by the Honourable (Hon) Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit on February 24, 2017.
The Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit has breached the Sexual offences Act 1 of 1998 of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The publishing media houses maybe equally culpable.
The Hon. Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit was very irresponsible, reckless and/or grossly negligent and ought to have known better as the head of the Executive in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Section 38 of the Sexual offences Act, Act 1 of 1998 prohibits any matter that is likely to lead members of the public to identify a person as the complainant or as the accused in relation to a charge with an offence under this Act, subject to an exception by operation of law. Regrettably the benefit of the exception under the subject legal instrument cannot be granted or applied to the Honourable Prime Minister.
In the circumstances, a formal report/complaint against the Hon. Prime Minster was made on Saturday 25 February, 2017 at the Roseau Police Station. The report calls for an investigation into the matter.
Should the Police department of the Commonwealth of Dominica fail in its constitutional and natural duties to investigate and to act appropriately; the complainant has the right to institute private criminal proceedings against Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 1 of the Commonwealth of Dominica; A person who publishes or broadcast any matter in contravention of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three years.
Another point of note is for the Prime Minister to find and confirm that there is an elected Member of Parliament who does not have or ever had a Diplomatic Passport of the Commonwealth of Dominica. In the interest of the public, I also ask the Prime Minster to tell us whether any diplomatic passport of a former elected member for the South of Dominica has since been revoked.
Joshua Francis
Attorney-at-Law
Elected Member of the Roseau South Constituency
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KaliBud and Astaphan posts are instructive and can be considered a teachable moment for those who are blasting Skeritt. The UWP exposed Francis many moons ago when he was kicked out as deputy leader.
Linton he wanted to undermine now he bawling . I hate snakes . GO And break ground with labour in Silver Lake. Make them look good. Take your prescription and remember politics leave you behind longtime . Streeuuuupes! Resign I will never vote you again . Two tongue twet! You make no sense. Peter is our new blue blue not you. Go back to your labour powder.
I like that comment…He has many more than two tongues.
Wow ! he did not defended himself in mahaut his name was all over the place, he was removed as the UWP deputy leader, there are crazy people running around. Some people have shame.
It does not matter what you think of Joshua Francis, the Honourable Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is not the law of the land! If Joshua Francis has done wrong he shall have his day in court. But if as Joshua Francis has pointed out, he Honourable Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit may have broken the law, then the police should act. Dominicans, two wrongs do not make a right!
“As I have pointed out before in every instance that we have discovered that someone in the service of the government of Dominica has run afoul of the law or indeed being suspected of so doing, we were proactive in suspending or terminating the relationship.”
Is this what Joshua referred to? Any one mentioned? It appears who the cap fit wear it. However, Joshua should have kept quiet on this one for your name was not mentioned. It would be foolhardy to as much as consider taking legal action against the PM.
On Tuesday, February 7th your mode of attire, shoes and all were not representative of one of a certain stature, namely an MP. This was shocking. If you were not known as an MP, those who saw your picture would think you are a rag-a-muffin person; no one of consequence. Frankly, I was disappointed to see you wearing that attire
UWP supporters have made numerous derogatory comments against the PM. Consider if he were to take legal action against them.
Romans 12:19
” Vengeance is mine , I will repay says the Lord”
I was not aware that neither our Prime Minister is the biblical Lord nor a sanctimonious lady in an ivory tower.
Indeed, let the Lord be the judge.
Mr. Francis, I am with you on that one wasn’t it the same Skerrit who said “ NO LAW NO CONSTITUTION” will stop him from being nominated? on the dotted lines we can add all the other things the law or the constitution can’t stop him from doing so far including this one…
Here we go you trying to chant down a citizen from voicing his concerns and problems. Democracy means rules, rights etc. If he is wrong in what he is saying then dispute it with relevant facts do not just behave like a masters puppy!!
I hate that kind of behaviour!!!!
Does that prohibition apply after the accused had already been Identified? I mean, his arrest was public knowledge, and the related matter is published on the courts website https://www.eccourts.org/joshua-francis-v-the-chief-magistrate-et-al/ found by a simple search. Please, the legal luminaries, enlighten me.
Joshua you should have known that skerrit hated anybody who had become MORE POPULAR than him in the politicial arena. Skerrit will do and say anything to destroy you hence the behaviour of his MEN he sent to try to TRAY you……..Skerrit wants he alone to be PM of Dominica….now skerrit is trying to take out the SPOLIGHT from himself and put it on other people. My Boy don’t fall for that DISTRACTION…WE Will CONTINUE to bruise our knees in PRAYERS UNTILL GOD DELIVERED OUR country from this WICKED ONE MAN CORRUPT government and his friends because while their bellies are full our children are CRYING LOUDLY BECAUSE their bellies are EMPTY
mr Francis . the prime minister addresses the nation and did not add any false news that occur. Mr Francis as a lawyer you should no better. think of all the issues occurred by you. I would advise you to reflect, keep silent take your rest so no videos will be made with you.
one love
It seems to me that a preponderance of illiterates constitute the phalanx of the P.M. May God help you sir and pray they do not run you underfoot.
Excuse me I want to know if is me alone that did not understand half of what Mr. Francis saying there. These statements are quite ambiguous and without clarity, I have no idea what is it that you are saying whether you were making a report, or whether you were responding or whether you were just making a brief note. I don’t know but I think you need to take a minute breathe pull yourself together and come again so I can actually understand the scribbles in the sand you just made there.
my question as a member of the voting public do I have the right to know if the pal rep who resigned because of inappropriate contact with a child in Soufriere last year do he hold a diplomatic passport????
I am ignorant of this question do all elected members automatically gets a diplomatic passport?
I would be more concerned about the foreign nationals bearing our diplomatic passports who are fugitives from the law.
We already know who this person is and it is not an international concern that will threaten our banks or travel arrangements.
Indeed, more diversionary tactics by Roosevelt Skerrit, strategically planted on the eve of carnival but unfortunately for him, the country’s guardians are awake and alert 24/7.
Shameless. You are too confusing Joshua. The UWP does not want you yet you make a mess of your self at the public meeting; you have an issue with the law yet you carry on like nothing went on and you are or are pretending to be mentally unstable, then you are a professional brilliant lawyer. What really is going on with you? Thinking of it, everything happens for a reason.
It is amazing to know what people are ashamed of,
So the PM has to speak U all about what concerns him but not what concerns the nation ,U are asking Joshua to remain silent until a judgement of his conduct is known, but I find that U all labourites are very bold and dis honourable from the leader down word, U and the rest of U don’t remember what took place on Christmas morning 2010 at St. Aromant, with the 2 elderly citizens, instead for U all condemn that heinous crime the labourites of D/ca said that Gun Emmanuel and his family put fire on their property at 80+ years with no INSURANCE on their property
what about the fly city fire 2 days after Christmas did u all condemn it, U and yours can tell Joshua to remain silent but Jehovah God will not remain silent (Proverbs chapter 15 and verse 3 says The Eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the EVIL and the GOOD) Jehovah God saw the arsonist and in due time they will pay for it because revenge belong to me says the Lord
It is pure rubbish and not even a luna phase can be associated with this literature. The member has expressely breached the very Statutory provision that he has purportedly engaged. His article thus identified him as an accused person hence providing irrefutable evidence of violating the Sexual Offences Act 1998 ( was it not repealed ). The proof of this lies in the fact that his article states that he has started legal proceedings against the Pm for allegedly breaching the Act.
The www knows the 3 defendants . It is sad you are publishing this issue against thyself.
This is getting interesting indeed what next will happen to the rather beleagured PM and what if anything will the Police do Not very much in my view after all they are risking the very liveyhood they rely on if they act, bt a complaint is a complaint after all
The one thing that will not occur is an early morning raid on his home and taken in for up to ten hours for questioning, that is a fact. but as I said it is getting rather interesting
Joshua, it is time someone make that PM pay for His while statement and he can’t back it up don’t let him escape
These politicians are so Bold Face, it’s kinda funny.
Let’s say that the PM did violate our Sexual Offences Act when he spoke about Mr Francis in his Address to the Nation,
Mr Francis, the gentleman recently involved in a Huge Public RoRo within the UWP over what All Dominicans Know was a situation involving a minor, couldn’t have made his complaint and kept it PRIVATE? smfh
If you can’t beat them, join them. Members of Parliament enact laws to protect the people they serve; in addition, as an attorney you are an officer of the court. Any politician with any value of self in any other country but Dominica would not be seen in public much less discuss in a public forum this dispicable act with which you are charged. Remember when you kiss Lenox’s ring that you are the UWP’s only chance in Roseau South. And as you dance in the mud barefooted with the malcontented sans culottes, remember they now control you.
Noticing Joshua want man?
Hahaha take a seat Mr PM. You’ve just been served
Job well done!
At what point will your belief in Mr Skeritt disappear?? What else does he as the Prime Minister have to do for us to realize that we need change..
whoever you are..don’t be ignorant please. What joshua is saying is legit and the prime minister did make a mistake by putting out there a clear indication of who he was speaking off.
….It is already public sot!
Joshua, be quiet. Have you not learned from your mistakes. Get out of the political arena and concentrate on building up your family. After all said and done its they that will feel the burden and pain of all you have done. SHAME, SHAME ,SHAME ON YOU
Graceful those who are without SIN should cast the first stone
U people are to quick to judge others especially when the truth
Is told
Joshua honestly what was wrong with you in that pic on February 7th, why did you and were you so attired and behaviour? What were you trying to portray? So why now with all these legalities? I was surprised that you would be there in the first place after the treatment received in Mahaut where your colleague took the alleged matter so serious. They did not even stand by and with you. They threw vinegar and lime on your wound. So seat quietly by yourself, and ponder seriously on everything, past and now take the decision like a man on where you will be heading in the future. Ask the LORD to give you insight, foresight, wisdom, understanding and all the sight, eyesight. You may not like what you hear but remember your family too wife and children. Just a little advice I thought I should give.
Whatever treatment he got at Mahaut was of his own doing,and could well have been because people like you were leading him astray…
Josh i was also disturbed by Skeritt,s mud search. He has no authority to revoke your Diplomatic passport unless you are convicted so why even mention it.You are not one of the hundreds of international criminals out there whom he SOLD those passports to and he is now ashamed to mention who they are. Skeritt whenever you are disposing off garbage from your head do so in your wash room,and not in an address to our beloved nation. SHAMELESS CHARACTER.
Having a Diplomatic passport is not a right, if it was all citizens would beable to apply for one.
Dear Editor,
Joshua Francis has forgotten why he was expelled, publicly, as deputy leader of the UWP, and his own public admissions, utterances and disclosures. [see for example http://sundominica.com/articles/mp-joshua-francis-to-debate-sexual-offences-act-3894/ and http://sundominica.com/articles/joshua-francis-no-hate-no-malice-3333/%5D. The Prime Minister disclosed nothing; all was and is public knowledge thanks to the UWP and Joshua himself!
You are a lawyer,i am not…If you have grounds to challenge this man Skerrit who told us that “””No Law Not Even the Constitution……..”””,you must do so with dispatch…GO FOR IT JOSH!!!!!
Pm Skerrit can be so childish at times, he needs to grow up and take responsibility
When this is the conversation we have going on by our top lawmakers I cannot help but conclude that our parliament and cabinet is nothing more than a zoo with some very bad and unclean animals continue to contaminate. These are our lawmakers man and I don’t understand why our police allow dirty politicians to destroy our beautiful country for. Skerrit as PM, is definitely not fit to be a member of Parliament by his own doing. There is not one controversy the man is not involved in, whether is passport scandal, dirty money, paid sexual entertainment, knows who burn airport tower, French citizenship, and the long list continues. The bad news is, as long as Skerrit continues to enter the Parliament, the bad image will continue. Skerrit is the root cause of all our evils, and hence the man should either resign or removed.
Didn’t Mr Francis also broke said legalities by identifying the person as being from the “South” of Dominica? This portion was not in the PM’s original speech.
The funniest part of this is the fact that the Prime Minister did not name any individual, so if an individual has decided to make a complaint to the police then it is because the individual has IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS THE CULPRIT and now the public have a name and face as a result. MAN, YOU GOT PLAYED!!!!
Skerrit, I have never seen anything in any directionary where a thing is defined as a person who was arrested and charged. A thief is one who commits the act of theft, whether caught or escaped. Just do the maths. In patrois my mom would say, kanawy la de shaudier bodai noir.
Skerrit is the last person to talk about this because if what he is caught doing with diplomatic passport is very bad, one would not even want to talk about skeletons he has hiding in his nasty closet. This Skerrit is nothing more than a disgrace and I am happy that he is not my son in law .
Skerritt & Astaphan don’t Dominica’s laws as applying to them personally. They consider themselves above such mortal concerns.
This is getting interesting indeed what next will happen to the rather beleagured PM and what if anything will the Police do Not very much in my view after all they are risking the very liveyhood they rely on if they act, bt a complaint is a complaint after all
The one thing that will not occur is an early morning raid on his home and taken in for up to ten hours for questioning, that is a fact. but as I said it is getting rather interesting
What did Josh do the minor? All news to me.
Joshua, what’s this all about? Your writing is confusing. Was that necessary?
The PM did not mention your name. Why take offense?
As PM he has the right to speak to nationals, offering advice and to mention certain occurrences.
right now Joshua labor has thrown you underneath a container truck
I am at a loss as to what Joshau is talking about. Sometimes it is better to remain silent. Practice that sometimes.
Mr. Joshua Francis Sir, what have you said here?
Your legalities does not erase the fact of your conduct; the Prime Minister did not say anything new; in that this conduct of yours, is the reason you are no longer in Leadership, pertaining to your Political Party.
To me, you seemed to have lost your mind, the way you are going on, as it nothing ever bad happened with your involvement. I started to believe in you at the beginning, even if I am Laborite; my home Village is part of your constituency; but you quickly destroyed my beliefs. It was shameful to me, to see your conduct, whatever you were up to, on Tuesday, February 07, 2017
The Prime Minister has to speak to us, Dominicans; he must mention all issues of concern to him; you and yours are the first of reasons for his concern since you all entered Parliament.
If I were you, I would remain silent until there is a judgment of your conduct with that minor and stop with those legalities.
Just by your identification tells a lot because when you cannot go and read the section in the Act that’s been mentioned and comment on that tells me you a lacking the basic education possible. Taking personal pot shot on the writer is counter productive just stay with the facts which are the comment made by the PM and the legal Act.
It does not matter what you think of Joshua Francis, the Honourable Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is not the law of the land! If Joshua Francis has done wrong he shall have his day in court. But if as Joshua Francis has pointed out, he Honourable Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit may have broken the law, then the police should act. Dominicans, two wrongs do not make a right!
I cannot believe some people would disagree with your comments. You have to be born an adult or a very wicked person to disagree with such comments. Hurting a child is not a political matter I don’t care if you red, blue or green. …………………..although they say innocent until proven guilty…….where there is smoke there is also fire. If the PM say I am sending everyone to heaven some of you would still complain about his generosity. I am about love for children so hurting them I won’t condone.
Comments like yours are whats crippling Dominica!
Why take a swipe at the Hon Joshua Francus in this address to the nation? Isn’t there not more critical / burning issues about the alleged sales of D/ca’s passports and diplomatic immunities to nefarious characters, causing the international community (namely USA, England, Spain etc) grave concern.
The nation is crying out for truth, transparency and accountability in Gov’t and this simple ‘moralistic’ behaviour seems to be a distance away and the greatest challenge the leadership face in D/ca.
Better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool, than to post on DNO and remove all doubts.
Remember a person is innocent until proven guilty and NOT guilty until proven innocent.
Joshua has the RIGHT to address what the PM said in his speech… the PM, by LAW cannot and should not have spoken about this case or any case for that matter. But then again even in a speech that was only made because of UWP questioning his actions and his management of CBI programme, he had to deflect and distract his followers, so that the do not pick up on what he is doing, that is admitting the CBI programme had many flaws.
So regardless of ALLLLLLL you have said you cannot deny the FACT that UWP, including Joshua has been looking out for Dominica’s best interest.
Graceful&WiseLiving$Elohim: the PM is out of order to mention this matter together with a matter where foreigners known to be crooks are being given our diplomatic passports. And he is yet to answer to the question as to whether he was harboring a fugitive. Diversion after diversion. Joshua’s matter may have been brought before the courts but there are many others who are playing righteous and involved or have been involved in more grave sins with minors. It is like the kettle calling the pot black. If the guilty ones are forced to stand up, people like you will end up so stunned, you may never comment on DNO again.
What happen to innocent until proven guilty? I listened to the speech the prime minister gave, he was out of line to mention a case that is currently in front of the court. What was the reason for that? Let the court deal with the issues. Those are serious charges against Joshua, “graceful” you are being bias, you have already judge Joshua, when the prime minister tramples on the law we make excuses, nonsense, I love my pm but he was wrong to talk about an on going matter.
I think you should shut your mouth are you one of those that goes to the red clinic looking for hand outs? why has the PM not spoken of those in his admin that are person of interest in similar acts or other criminal acts. my take the PM has lost his mind somewhere done the line and yes I voted for his party so just as your beliefs was destroyed by Joshua mine is crushed by the PM.
You need to be ashamec of yourself and Skerrit, I guarantee you have lots of cobwebs in your closet, both you and your Prime Minister, the one who is selling your Dominica to all crooks and bandits all over the globe, Skerrit also need to clean his dirty closets, imagine skerrit calling those who do not support his destruction of Dominica hypocrites, imagine skerrit a man who said no law no constitution will prevent he skerrit to do what he want, on the piece of rock Chichi willed tto him, why didn’t skerrit call Justina Charles and Catherine Daniel hypocrite when they justified what Pinard did, when they praised him, when they called him good good man etc. Nothing is wrong with Joshua, you talking of his behavior on the 7th of February, someone not having shoes on, does not make him less than those with shoes on, I would rather have a shoeless Prime Minister than one who is selling my country to crooks, criminals etc, one who is travel abroad to buy designer clothes, shoes etc
i hope is for elohim? and not your earthly God
you are the most disgraceful dishonest wannabe righteous person commenting here….
Amen and amen.Sir, you have KILOS PAPA, these days mwen kay marché sans suelleur leur moi Roseau cuz you all think ppl stupid.