Antigua PM secures courtroom victory in opposition to defamation lawsuit
Loop Information- Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne secured a authorized victory yesterday when a Excessive Court docket decide dismissed a defamation lawsuit introduced by the Chairman of the True Antigua and Barbuda Labour Social gathering, Vere Fowl III.
That is in response to an announcement posted on the Workplace of the Prime Minister’s Fb web page.
Giving some background into the lawsuit, in December 2019, Vere Fowl III, who’s the son of former Agriculture Minister Vere Fowl Jr, had filed within the Excessive Court docket a swimsuit claiming “damages for defamation in opposition to Prime Minister Browne for phrases revealed and broadcasted on Fb.
The social media put up involved a Cupboard Resolution giving Fowl one acre of land for a purchase order value of EC$25,0000, a price reserved for members of parliament.
Justice Nicola Byer dismissed the defamation lawsuit and awarded prices to Prime Minister Gaston Browne. The Excessive Court docket decide additionally dominated that the choice to grant Fowl land on the value reserved for members of parliament, when he was not a member, was improper.
Commenting on the choice, Prime Minister Browne mentioned that the victory within the Courts is proof that standing on the reality is all the time a type of defence, noting that at any time when he makes statements, he all the time ensures that they’ll stand on the idea of being factual.
The latest victory within the courts he mentioned is a vindication that the reality will all the time prevail.