Bridgetown.
Shut Up and let the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) rule on the matter.
Last week, Jamaica's Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton , in a newspaper interview said that he was sure the CCJ will rule in his country's favour against Barbados when it hands down the decision in the widely anticpated case involving 24 year old Shanique Myrie, a Jamaican who accused Barbados Customs and Immigration officers of cavity searching her at Grantley Adams International Airport.
"I know the strength of the case we have. I participated in the negotiation of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas", Hylton told the newspaper
Hylton's comments has annoyed lawyers representing the Barbados Government in the matter, Roger Forde QC, the lead counsel in the case has written to the Solictor General of Jamaica requesting that ministers in Jamaica stop making comments on the case.
"We sent off an official letter last Friday asking the Solictor General to tell person involved to resist from making comments on the case. We all live by the same principle as lawyers when it comes to commenting about a case that is still ongoing", says Forde.
"The comments made by Hylton was quite irresponsible. The court is being called upon to interpret the provision he is speaking about. His comments may be construed as an attempt to influence the court. I will have no comment make on the case itself because I understand the principle on which we operate when a case is still going on", Forde added.
It was Hylton who had lodged the case on Myrie's behalf.
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