ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Justice of the Peace Michael Laudat Monday granted former opposition legislator Hector John EC$30,000 (One EC greenback=US$0.37 cents) bail after he appeared in courtroom together with three different individuals charged with “unlawfully, riotously and tumultuously meeting collectively to the disturbance of the general public.”
The matter has been adjourned to June 30 this yr.
Final week Wednesday, police fired teargas and rubber bullets at protestors because the Parliament debated and accredited electoral reform laws. The police had earlier warned that no permission had been granted to anybody to assemble and protest outdoors the Parliament constructing on the capital’s outskirts.
The chief of the primary opposition United Employees Occasion (UWP), Dr. Thomson Fontaine, had informed reporters that the protest motion was a continuation of the “wrestle” to get the federal government to satisfy different facets of electoral reform, resembling marketing campaign financing debated.
The prosecution mentioned that the boys had participated within the March 19 protest and had contravened the Riot Act.
John, 54, a member of the UWP who served as opposition chief from 2010 to 2014, was charged with Jno. Baptise Charles, Bernard Moreau and Samuel Durand.
The Justice of the Peace mentioned that in Durand’s case, the courtroom is happy that he has not met the necessities beneath part 4(3) of the Bail Act and that it isn’t within the public curiosity to grant him bail.
His legal professionals, Ronald Charles and Joshua Francis, have already indicated that they intend to petition the Excessive Court docket to get bail for his or her shopper.
Within the case of the opposite three accused, Justice of the Peace Laudat mentioned it’s within the public curiosity to grant them bail at EC$30,000 every because the prosecution didn’t object and that they must give up their journey paperwork by Wednesday.
He mentioned they had been additionally to not intervene with witnesses, to not attend any public procession or gathering, and never to discuss the matter till it was full.
The Justice of the Peace mentioned that the prosecution should expedite the matter and provides disclosures of all paperwork on or earlier than Could 26 this yr.
The boys face a five-year jail time period if discovered responsible.
