By Aaron Humes: The High Court today heard from at least one of the named defendants in the Constitutional claim filed on behalf of Joseph Budna alleging breaches of Constitutional rights related to his alleged kidnapping, abduction and torture last August.
Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay appeared for former Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa asking that the claim against his client be struck out on two bases: that no evidence has been presented against his client, and that the State, in the person of the Attorney General, is the only party that can be properly sued as it relates to breaches of international conventions specified in the suit.
Courtenay says that of Budna’s 149-paragraph long affidavit, about a tenth makes allusions to Musa, and that the court has nothing before it supporting Budna’s claims. The court cannot wait, he continued, for claims of additional witnesses and other evidence – if it is not before the court it cannot be considered. “Wi no di play hopscotch, wi no di play jacks,” he summarized.
The Attorney General is separately asking that the entire claim be struck out, or that the singular defendants including the Commissioner of Police Dr Richard Rosado and others, be dropped because the claim can only be brought against the State.
A decision has been reserved. We’ll have more on this later.
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By Aaron Humes: The High Court today heard from at least one of the named defendants in the Constitutional claim filed on behalf of Joseph Budna alleging breaches of Constitutional rights related to his alleged kidnapping, abduction and torture last August. Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay appeared for former Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa asking
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