SVG Government to appeal judge’s ruling on vaccine case
A high court judge has ruled in favour of claimants who legally challenged the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines in relation to its COVID-19 vaccine policy.
Earlier today, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, acknowledged that the applicants, following the judgment of Justice Esco Henry, won the case.
However, Gonsalves, in an immediate response during the Shake Up radio programme on WEFM99.9, said lawyers for the government are pretty satisfied that it is likely that this judgment will be overturned in the Court of Appeal.
“We have instructed them to appeal... in fact; they said they would appeal.”
The prime minister says, ‘the government is satisfied that our actions were lawful, we were so advised, and this matter is too important for us to rely on the judgment of one judge in the first instance... let’s hear what the Court of Appeal thinks.’
Gonsalves says the government is satisfied that its actions saved lives and livelihoods at the height of the pandemic.
“Senior Counsel has advised me in this matter, and I have accepted that advice, that there is a likelihood this decision will be overturned at the Court of Appeal. I am satisfied that from our actions, we saved lives and livelihoods.”
He states that is the position of the government.
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