High Court reserves judment un dual citizen case

A High Court judge yesterday reserved judgment in the dual citizenship case involving Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Education Minister Petter Saint Jean after two days of hearing arguments.



Justice Gertel Thom is expected to make a determination whether the two ministers should be ordered to disclose their passports.



This in answer to charges that they held dual citizenship at the time they were nominated to contest the December 2009 general election.



That election was won by Skerrit’s Dominica Labour Party (DLP).



The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) had petitioned the court to overturn the election victories of Skerrit and Saint Jean on the grounds that they were citizens of France at the time of the polls.



In its petition, the opposition party stated that their nominations and subsequent election should be declared void and of no legal effect.