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Chastanet is out of the island on official business but is expected back tomorrow afternoon. Sources say that he has already discussed the Appeals Court Judgment with his attorneys.
Nancy Charles, his attaché, yesterday told The VOICE that hopefully he should have a response to the judgment by Monday.
However the Opposition St. Lucia Labour Party is not waiting on a response from Chastanet already calling on him to allow the matter to proceed unhindered.
“We are acutely aware that one of the defendants against whom serious allegations have been made is now the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia. No doubt the temptation may be great for him to simply discontinue the matters. We would caution against such action and, therefore, call on Mr.Chastanet to allow the matters to proceed unhindered,” the SLP stated hours after the judgment was released on Monday.
The party notes that it welcomes “the significant and important decision of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal…”
The court case in question stemmed from the alleged used of public monies involved in the launching of Chastanet as the UWP candidate for Soufriere in 2011.
The UWP lost the general elections that year however prior to that the SLP, which was in opposition at the time, had publicly raised the argument that the funds used to finance aspects of Chastanet’s launch were improperly spent, meaning that those funds were publicly owned and should not be used for such an activity or part thereof.
The SLP, as the new government brought their complaints to the high court in a case of the Attorney General vs Allen Chastanet and Kenneth Cazaubon who at the time was the Soufriere Town Clerk.
That case was dismissed by Justice Francis Belle. The Attorney General appealed the decision last year and on Monday the Appeals Court handed down its judgement reversing Justice Bell’s ruling by sending the case back to be heard in the High Court under a new judge.
The charges against Chastanet and Cazaubon were “misfeasance in public office.”
The crux of the case was about the ownership of the money spent at the political event in Soufriere in 2011 and the Attorney General’s standing to have brought the case.
The Attorney General had alleged that public monies belonging to the Crown and intended for public purposes were improperly used by Chastanet, then a Minister of the Crown, for political purposes namely his launch at the Soufriere Stadium, under the guise of a lighting ceremony.
The Attorney General had argued that the funds, $38,119.00 which were given to the Government of St. Lucia by the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) belonged to the Government of St. Lucia and was for specific community projects.
Chastanet’s argument was that it was not clear that the monies in question belonged to the Government of St. Lucia and as a result on 7 January 2014 filed an application to strike out the entire claim filed by the Attorney General on the basis that the Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the claim the Attorney General lacked standing to pursue the claim.
Chastanet then amended his application to strike out the claim. That application came on for hearing on 5 December 2014 and on the same date the Attorney General sought and obtained leave to further amend its pleadings. The Attorney General further amended the statement of claim on 23 April 2015 so as to assert the Government of St. Lucia’s ownership of the monies. No defence or amended defence or additional affidavits were ever filed in reply to the further amended statement.
The Attorney General alleged at the time that Chastanet knew or ought to have known or was recklessly indifferent to the fact that the conduct in question was unlawful and that as a consequence, he acted in a manner that amounted to a breach of his fiduciary duties as a Minister of Government, bad faith and/or misfeasance in public office.
It was further alleged that Cazaubon, as Chairman of the Council, abdicated his authority and acted in breach of his fiduciary duties when he acted on the request, instruction or direction of Chastanet and gave instructions to pay or caused the Council to pay public funds for the unlawful purpose of meeting expenses of a campaign and political event.
The Appeals Court claimed that there was no indication that Justice Belle was aware of the further amended statement of claim before he rendered his judgment and that he had focused exclusively on the statement of claim which was not suitable for striking out if it raises a serious issue of fact which can only be properly determined by hearing oral evidence.
The remedy of striking out is a nuclear option and should only be utilized in cases where the pleadings are incurably bad. “Where there are pleadings by the claimant that monies belonged to the Crown and the defendant takes issue with that allegation, the matter can only be properly resolved after a full ventilation of the issue at trial,” the Appeal judges said.
The Appeals Court further noted that “Where a serious justiciable issue is brought before the court by a party with a genuine and legitimate interest in obtaining a decision against an adverse party, the court will not allow legal niceties to bar such a party from seeking relief. The present case concerns serious issues of public importance; accordingly, the government’s standing to challenge the conduct of the respondents should not be determined on a preliminary objection to the court’s jurisdiction.”
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CHASTANET:
Why won’t you do the honorable thing and tender your RESIGNATION as the Prime Minister, without taking our people whose Language and Culture you and the Chastanet Crime Family hates with a passion. Please RESIGN before dragging our country in the mud with your LYING AND CORRUPT SELF.
Garcon, ou pas ni honte? have you no shame? I have said it before, and will say it again, IF THE WHITE SUPREMACIST CHASTANET CRIME FAMILY HAD ANY SHAME AT ALL, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE USED THE MONIES MICHAEL ACQUIRED FROM THE BLOOD OF NEGRO SLAVES, TO RULE AND MAKE TARZAN, JANE AND BOY THE FIRST FAMILY OVER OUR BLACK CHILDREN.
So Allen, you ignorant nincompoop, here’s the rope; now JUMP! and take Black Pete Josie and the Stripper on steroids Rick John Wayne with you. This is what you and your evil white supremacist have done to the African Builders of the Pyramids, degrading themselves.
https://www.facebook.com/jahshephard/videos/10153577920934006/
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Allen:
I am asking you to show yourself out of the door/seat of our Government that you obtained through unscrupulous, fraudulent, and deceitful means. The Chastanet Crime Family has accumulated all the monies from the slave labour of our people and your greed and lust for power shows no limit, even with your inability to form a complete simple sentence in the only language you are capable of babbling, you still think that we are so stupid that we are unable to see you as the idiot nicompoo that you are.
Why must you disgrace our people when you know very well that you obtained the monies from the people of Soufriere by way of iniquity. You and your shameless clan led by the abomination known as Michael Chastanet known for advocating the murder of Black People in our country – this is NOT South Africa – need to flee to Ireland where you and the Elizabeth Pirate woman can kill some more people to drink their blood.
You know you are a Bob-bol-lis just look here:
https://www.facebook.com/urbanintellectuals/videos/10153595707254366/
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Minister Farrakhan – Who are you?
Where do they get or manufacture characters like you, NY ?? It is obvious that you are another brain-dead “Sal-low-pwee”, similar to the worthless and shameless criminal CITIZEN KANE who is a waiter at Junior’s Bakery selling Cheesecake to White people on Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn where he lives in his sister’s basement with his Caucasian Babymama.
You self-hating slaves want nothing than to be accepted by these Caucasian rogue police who kill you negroes like dogs in the streets of NY.
Take a look at CITIZEN KANE in NY.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNrG5lD2zmQ
Son-of-Dog
Stop barking
Micah George:
Thanks for this professional piece of Journalism, in reporting the malfeasance committed by this nincompoop swindler Allen Chastanet and his cabal of criminals who continue to deceive the people of our country.
Chastanet should be arrested and denied bail, since he poses a real threat of fleeing from justice to hide in Martinique his place of birth and can then return to France his mother land, to live out his days as a criminal fugitive until he meets the Promised Day, and is confronted by the Reality of his crimes and deceit.
Surah Al-Humaza
In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful.
Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.[] (1)
Who has gathered wealth and counted it, (2)
He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever! (3)
Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire (4)
And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is? (5)
The fire of Allâh, kindled, (6)
Which leaps up over the hearts, (7)
Verily, it shall be closed upon them, (8)
In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars). (9)
So much for a leader who is referred to as “dear leader” and “beloved leader”. If these titles fit your head this will be reflected in your actions. And when leaving the arena taken the sorest of losers, the very divisive propagandist, Peter Josie, with you!
As a man who still has tear gas in my lungs from 79 – 81. And had to migrate to stay alive, all in an effort to remove the rouge john compton. Allen has shown a particular level of tenacity, ambition and leadership sophistication not seen in any of our former Prime Ministers. I really want to see what he brings to the table. The man made history….the only man to win elections on the UWP ticket other than the rouge john compton. In his wake, look how he ended Kenny Anthony political career. He orchestrated and dismantled the SLP and put AH and Pip on the back foot. I hate to admit, if Allen plays his cards right. SLP is in opposition for the next 15 years.
NY:
Ki tan ou kai las femme Crack sa la?
When will you get weary of smoking Crack ? Allen Chastanet is a Swindler who will destroy this country as he struggles in vain to save himself from prison for stealing the forty thousand dollars from the people of Soufriere.
You idiots should not hold your breath, while waiting for this known liar Allen Chastanet to drop the prices on Fuel, reduce VAT without raising other taxes, reduce unemployment to five percent, give every Lucian a New house, Free secondary education, and a car in every driveway.
Chastanet has bamboozled you brain-damaged Lucians and you will soon see the IMF telling you when to sleep and when to rise. You will see the bob-bol-lis Allen and his Syndicated Crime Family fleeing from justice and going into hiding in France or Argentina, as they try to escape justice for the extra judicial murders committed by this businessman, Stephenson King, and the Killer Cops led by Francois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_5umimLnvM
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SOM: that will help you…..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkrQgSPhndU
NY:
What kind of heavy knowledge, you are putting on my Head? Your man is asking me who made me Christian ? I think you wanted to send this information to these Sambo Negroes who pray to this naked Caucasian as their God – Just look at the slave-names of these Sambos, Rick John Wayne, Peter Black Pete Josie, Isaac, Foster, McKenzie, Smith, Jones, – all slave identities, and you think that these brain damaged slaves can stop picking cotton and leave Chastanet’s Plantation. SORT PWEEEE !
THANKS NY
Is that you Ezekiel in your former life as Agricultural Overseer on Chastanet’s Plantation? Jeannine Compton-Antoine should have paid closer attention to reading the Voice of Saint Lucia.
https://www.facebook.com/MASOODTARIQGUJJAR/videos/10209227095585562/
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SON-OF-DOG
when will you stop barking!!!
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IAN SMITH: (you know who he is ?) dumb slave!
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
You have excellent examples in the person of Black Pete Josie and Rick John Wayne; TWO JACKASSES CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD OF BOOKS, AND BIBLES.
I wonder if son of mad ever realise that no one reads his Mad rants and verbose articles of a violent ancient society.
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I am unable to present with the necessary emphasis, how destructive this White Man Worship has been on the mental development of the once rulers of the North African Empire of the Nile, Kemet/Egypt. Africans who were the builders of the Great Pyramids, teaching the world the implementation of Mathematics and Engineering, but today they have been reduced to a mentally retarded group of Negroes, knowing nothing of their History, Language, Religion, and wearing the names of their enslavers and ready to follow a fraudulent white supremacist, who is so ignorant that he, Allen Chastanet teaches these Black men that the Civil War fought between States in North America was fought over Taxes imposed upon the colonies by England.
Yet these mentally retarded Negroes found none better to lead and represent them on the international scene than the idiot Allen Chastanet. Siting Allen’s Caucasian Crime Family resembling the white God as the required qualifications for the dyslexic Allen to reign over these slaves as their God and Master.
Here’s the idiot fraudster, Allen Chastanet, looking Lucians in the Face and telling them that the American Civil War was fought over taxes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLrnriLmWRE
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The Chastanet Crime Family, expressed their intentions to “TAKE OUT RICHARD FREDRICK”. Richard elaborates on the threats by the syndicated Crime Family to Cut-off his hands and his Feet from opposite sides.
Surah Al-Araf
They said: “O Mûsa (Moses)! Either you throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?” (115)
He [Mûsa (Moses)] said: “Throw you (first).” So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them, and they displayed a great magic. (116)
And We reveled to Mûsa (Moses) (saying): “Throw your stick,” and behold! It swallowed up straight away all the falsehoods which they showed. (117)
Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect. (118)
So they were defeated there and returned disgraced. (119)
And the sorcerers fell down prostrate. (120)
They said: “We believe in the Lord of the ‘Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists). (121)
“The Lord of Mûsa (Moses) and Hârûn (Aaron).” (122)
Fir’aun (Pharaoh) said: “You have believed in him [Mûsa (Moses)] before I give you permission. Surely, this is a plot which you have plotted in the city to drive out its people, but you shall come to know. (123)
“Surely, I will cut off your hands and your feet from opposite sides, then I will crucify you all.” (124)
They said: “Verily, we are returning to our Lord. (125)
“And you take vengeance on us only because we believed in the Ayât (proofs, evidences, lessons, signs, etc.) of our Lord when they reached us! Our Lord! pour out on us patience, and cause us to die as Muslims.” (126)
Richard /frederick exposes Chastanet Crime Syndicate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9NKkoyT4ck
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