{"id":45816,"date":"2011-10-10T18:04:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T22:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=45816"},"modified":"2011-10-11T07:31:53","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T11:31:53","slug":"commentary-protection-against-self-incrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-protection-against-self-incrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Protection against self-incrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40645\" style=\"width: 159px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40645\" title=\"brian alleyne\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/brian-alleyne.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/brian-alleyne.jpg 159w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/brian-alleyne-88x113.jpg 88w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alleyne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note: The following article was first published in The Chronicle and is being republished with permission. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Irony of ironies: the man who has twice taken the oath as Chief Executive of Dominica, involving a solemn oath to uphold the laws and constitution of Dominica, has found it necessary or expedient to hide behind the &#8220;protection against self-incrimination&#8221; doctrine in relation to the question of whether he is qualified or not, under the very constitution that he is solemnly sworn to protect and uphold, to hold the office of member of Parliament and Prime Minister (he is not qualified for the latter unless he is qualified for the former).<\/p>\n<p>What is &#8220;self-incrimination&#8221;? The law dictionary defines it as &#8220;describing oneself as being involved in the commission of a crime or other wrongdoing.&#8221; For good reason, the law provides that a person accused of a crime cannot be forced to give evidence at his trial for that crime. By section 3(1) of the Perjury Act, Cap. 10:30 of the Revised Laws of Dominica 1990, any person who, being required by law to swear an oath, and who &#8220;knowingly, willfully and corruptly, upon such oath, swears to or makes any false statement as to such fact, matter or thing&#8221;, is guilty of willful and corrupt perjury.<\/p>\n<p>Where a person, in the course of a trial before a court, depends upon the protection against self-incrimination to avoid answering to a summons to appear and give evidence in a matter, is it reasonable to infer that that person is aware that if he were to give evidence he would be exposing himself to the danger of &#8220;describing himself as being involved in the commission of a crime or other wrongdoing&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>It is in fact precisely to protect a person involved in the commission of a crime or other wrongdoing from the danger of incriminating himself that the law provides for the protection.<\/p>\n<p>The irony is that a person who has sworn a solemn oath to uphold and protect the laws and the constitution of Dominica should find himself placed in the position of having to resort to the protection against self incrimination, especially in relation to the very oath he has sworn, to uphold and protect the laws and constitution of Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>By section 32 of the Constitution, a person is disqualified from membership of Parliament if he is by virtue of his own act under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state. The Citizenship Act, Chap. 1:10, at section 2, defines &#8220;foreign country&#8221; as a country (other than the Republic of Ireland) that is not part of the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>This Act came into effect on the 3rd November 1978, the same date on which our Constitution took effect, and would govern the interpretation of the Constitution. Thus France, not being part of the Commonwealth, is a foreign state.<\/p>\n<p>May it be inferred that Mr. Skerrit sought the protection of the doctrine against self incrimination because he was aware that to give evidence under oath, he would either have to admit that he was, by his own act, on the principle of Vaz, under acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state, or to commit the offence of perjury by denying that allegation? How does that sit with his declaration that no law, no constitution, would prevent him from being nominated as a candidate in the December 2009 election? Interesting question indeed!<\/p>\n<p>Some may ask, what is the relevance of what I discuss next? Are we not a secular society? Indeed we are! Nevertheless, we also cannot forget that our very Constitution, in its very first preamble, declares that &#8220;the People (note the capital P, deliberately inserted by the framers to emphasise that we are speaking solemnly, through our constitution, as what my Parliamentary representative often describes as a collective) of Dominica acknowledge the supremacy of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I reflect on the eternal question, the eternal conversation; &#8220;I came into the world for this, to bear witness to the truth, and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice.&#8221; &#8220;Truth?&#8221; said Pilate, &#8220;What is that?&#8221; (Gospel of John 18:37&amp;38).<\/p>\n<p>I call this the eternal question, the eternal conversation, because it is the question and the conversation that mankind has been having from the fall (Genesis, the beginning), to the present time and will be having until the end, and it is the question and the conversation that we in Dominica have been pondering most intensely in the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>We have not yet answered it, either at the personal level or as a nation. It is vital for the future of our country that we have an answer, to particular questions as well as to the general question asked by Pilate. Our political leaders, our church leaders, our youth leaders, our educators, our intellectuals, and our society at large, and each of us individually, must engage in that conversation and must answer the question.<\/p>\n<p>Having answered it for ourselves, do we as a people demand that our chief executive must speak truth to us? I lay that question before us for debate and determination.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/all-news\/politics\/sir-brian-has-a-perverted-perspective-senior-counsel\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ RESPONSE BY SENIOR COUNSEL<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s note: The following article was first published in The Chronicle and is being republished with permission. 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