JUSTICE Lennox Campbell this morning ruled that People’s National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller, other PNP figures, and a businessman, should be questioned in relation to the Trafigura scandal.
Lawyers for the five have been arguing that the court had no jurisdiction for the matter to continue and that the constitutional rights of the five would be breached if they were compelled to give evidence in the Dutch authorities’ investigation of the $31-million donation to the PNP by Trafigura.
Justice Campbell said in his ruling in the Supreme Court that there is "no absolute constitutional rights" and that constitutional rights have to be balanced.
He said it is within the public's rights for matters to be prosecuted.
The Court of Appeal will this afternoon hear an application from lawyers for Simpson Miller; party chairman Robert Pickersgill; former minister of energy Phillip Paulwell; former information minister Colin Campbell; and businessman Norton Hinds challenging a ruling by Justice Campbell on Tuesday to allow the questioning to continue.
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Lawyers for the five have been arguing that the court had no jurisdiction for the matter to continue and that the constitutional rights of the five would be breached if they were compelled to give evidence in the Dutch authorities’ investigation of the $31-million donation to the PNP by Trafigura.
Justice Campbell said in his ruling in the Supreme Court that there is "no absolute constitutional rights" and that constitutional rights have to be balanced.
He said it is within the public's rights for matters to be prosecuted.
The Court of Appeal will this afternoon hear an application from lawyers for Simpson Miller; party chairman Robert Pickersgill; former minister of energy Phillip Paulwell; former information minister Colin Campbell; and businessman Norton Hinds challenging a ruling by Justice Campbell on Tuesday to allow the questioning to continue.
Related story:
PNP takes Trafigura issue to Court of Appeal
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1dz5sz3U3
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