{"id":61901,"date":"2012-04-24T10:43:37","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T14:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=61901"},"modified":"2012-04-24T12:43:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T16:43:56","slug":"don-christopher-remembered-as-a-fighter-and-liberator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/general\/don-christopher-remembered-as-a-fighter-and-liberator\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Christopher remembered as a fighter and liberator"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_61902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61902\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-61902\" title=\"don christopher dances\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/don-christopher-dances-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/don-christopher-dances-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/don-christopher-dances-122x150.jpg 122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christopher in happier times dancing at a recent Oldies Dance Party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Outspoken Attorney Don Christopher, who passed away on Monday following recent surgery, is being described by some here as a fighter and a liberator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a committed Dominican,\u201d his cousin Sylvester \u201cCess\u201d Joseph told DNO while acknowledging that Christopher would be missed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did make a significant contribution to Dominica in terms of his activities \u2013 he was a ball of fire, very very committed to Dominica and that was his\u00a0 guiding principle \u2013 Dominica first,\u201d Cess said in tribute to the deceased attorney who was also active politically.<\/p>\n<p>Farmer Randy Aaron whom Christopher represented in court on a variety of matters, says Don gave him \u201csome serious and positive legal direction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a champion,\u201d Aaron adds, recalling that he worked with Christopher as part of a team that went around and ensured that the United Workers Party was properly launched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon to me, he was a liberator,\u201d was how Aaron summed him up.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcaster Lennox Linton describes Christopher as \u201ca man who faithfully stood for the causes that needed his assistance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was firm against those wrongs he felt needed resistance and he was very passionate about the future in the distance,\u201d Linton said of Christopher.<\/p>\n<p>For him, one of the things that defined Christopher was the attorney\u2019s decision as a member of the country\u2019s electoral commission, to \u201cgo to court and ask the court for a ruling on his belief that Mr Skerrit (prime minister) was interfering with the work of the independent electoral commission\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat matter didn\u2019t succeed at the court of first instance but it told you who Don Christopher was,\u201d Linton told DNO.<\/p>\n<p>So what would the broadcaster describe as Christopher\u2019s legacy, we asked him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis legacy is in the persistence of his fight for justice, and not just through the court, but just through his relationship and his working with ordinary people,\u201d Linton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis legacy I think is in his fearlessness,\u201d Linton added.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher was a patient at the princess Margaret hospital where he had undergone surgery last week.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, after the surgery he was admitted to the ICU over the weekend because of complications.<\/p>\n<p>Christoper is well known on the Dominican legal scene and was recently Tiyani Behanzin\u2019s attorney in a civil matter brought by Behanzin against the government for their refusal to call him to the bar after being promised he would be.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher has also served as an attorney for the United Workers Party, and was also a member of the Electoral and Boundaries Commission.<\/p>\n<p>A calypso lover, Don Christopher also gave unwavering support to the Pat Aaron led Mas Camp calypso tent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outspoken Attorney Don Christopher, who passed away on Monday following recent surgery, is being described by some here as a fighter and a liberator. \u201cHe was a committed Dominican,\u201d his cousin Sylvester \u201cCess\u201d Joseph told DNO while acknowledging that 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