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FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 05, 2016
Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister, has, not for the first time, brought action against a person for what he claims is defamation of his character and office.
VOLUME 110, No.06
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PRIME MINISTER SERVES INTENT NOTICE ON KING
deliberate, slanderous and malicious attack on our client.” King is accused by the Prime Minister, according to the letter from Bollers, of making “defamatory statements meant and were understood to mean our client, the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, intends to commit several criminal offences including conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, murder and the common law offence of misbehavior in public office.” The move to have the Left: Luzette King is not going High Court issue a Claim down without her day in court. LUZETTE KING has been served. On February 1, while on the picket line in front of the Electoral Office, she was served, by bailiff, with a letter of intent signed by Barristerat-Law Graham Bollers, on behalf of Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The letter gives notice of intent to have a Claim Form from the High Court, “compel you (King) to justify your
Form is threatened only if King refuses to: make a full and unequivocal withdrawal and apology of the slander, to be published in one issue of each of the local weekly newspapers, the text of which must be approved by Dr. Gonsalves and his lawyer; commit to an undertaking not to utter or publish any or any similar defamatory statement against Dr. Gonsalves; and compensate Dr. Gonsalves in an amount to be agreed. Dr. Gonsalves’ action against King, is predicated on what he claims she said
during a call-in segment on the New Times radio programme hosted by Igal Adams, and aired on Nice Radio on 21st January 2015, according to THE VINCENTIAN’s reading of the letter to King. The letter cites King as saying: “But we just got information that Ralph Gonsalves has commanded that the police tear gas us. I can’t confirm it, but we got it from reliable sources, reliable sources. Continued on Page 3.
OPPOSITION MAY BE PENALISED
The Prime Minister has threatened action against the Opposition, should they not continue to occupy their seats in the House.
boycotted the Sitting in PRIME MINISTER Dr Ralph keeping with Gonsalves has warned elected their expressed members of the Opposition that he intention so to could present a bill to prevent them do. from drawing funds allocated to them, “The public when they do not turn up in is expecting that we will do something Parliament. about persons who don’t come to Gonsalves made the point during Parliament and expect to draw the wrap-up session of his delivery of money, and I am hoping that we will the Estimates of Revenue and have a Bill to that effect before this Expenditure last Friday. honourable House,” Gonsalves said. The members of the Opposition had He continued, saying that when the by DAYLE DASILVA
House meets on the 22 of this month (February), that although such a Bill was not on the order paper, he had the authority to give advanced notice. “And whether it is a deduction or a penalty in monetary terms, whatever
it is, we will do it because we have been looking at other laws in other countries, where such provisions are made,” Gonsalves said. Continued on Page 3.