Published: 16 December 2020
PHILIPSBURG: On November 2, 2020, the Judge in the court of the first instance render her decision in favor of 14 justice civil servants. Who was represented by their colleague Police Inspector, Detective Lyndon Lewis?
The Judge ordered the Minister of Justice to make a decision on the requests of the civil servants within 4 weeks. The Judge also stated in her decision that an appeal is also possible.
Note that law regarding appeal petitions by civil servants gives the Minister a total of 4 months to respond with a possible extension of 1 month. The Minister didn t adhere to the law which forced officers to go to court.