Dominica: Speaking on a local talk show programme on Tuesday, Dominica’s Attorney General, Levi Peters, has appealed for respect for the judiciary and said he felt it necessary to address the matter of the “wanton and completely unjustified attacks on our judicial system”, according to a report on Dominica NewsOnline.
The AG spoke about comments from supporters of the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) alleging that the courts favour the governing Dominica Labour Party and Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit after a judgement given by High Court Judge, Gertel Thom, who dismissed an election petition brought against Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, and Education Minister, Peter St. Jean, by two defeated election candidates of the UWP.
Peters, denouncing that kind of criticism, said he is concerned because even the chief justice is being unfairly targeted and added, “The suggestion being that this chief justice, this court of appeal, any judge that rules against people in this jurisdiction is against certain segments of our community”.
He told Kairi FM’s heng Programme that it was “unjustified, is false and it should stop…I urge people to respect our institutions. By all means oppose the government, do so vigorously but do it within the law, within reason, within common sense”, according to the DNO report.
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