Elements of the Guyana police force is obviously operating maliciously, limiting free expression of one's heart emotions--not a humanitarian crime to express racism. Evil is trying to protect itself (God) by limiting free expression. All words are required in life to solve the problems of life known and unknown. As a schizophrenic and to all schizophrenics, we have to reason to uncover what is causing mental illness and that requires the use of psychotic modalities. Don't judge us with the normalcy of law, especially the targeting of the uneducated and children being targets of law that seem to be moral with implied intentions to suppress freedom of expression. The guilty evade the law because they are smart---being smart can be a crime with intent to deceive MAN.

I think bullying in general is for cowards.

GPF can't catch criminals in their own lil lil country but you got something against the government and suddenly they got  long arms.

https://newssourcegy.com/news/...vJKsKe4UvCMfC31Qpu-w

Government to go after “social media influencers” for irresponsible comments against Government -Jagdeo

December 28, 2023

The Government of Guyana has signaled its intention to go after “social media influencers” for what it considers to be irresponsible comments against Government officials and private individuals on social media.

At a Freedom House press conference today, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, said persons who make comments on social media will be held responsible for those comments.

He said private citizens should also take action against those “influencers” who use the social media platforms to attack them.

“So, I hope that the social media influencers who are operating under the guise that they are not in our jurisdiction and they feel safe abroad, safe from the reach of our law, that they are taking note too and I hope that anyone that the malign, sue them now and hire somebody abroad to serve them notice or the summon and make sure they video it like they did Rickford Burke and then proceed in Court,” Jagdeo urged.

The Guyana Police Force recently dispatched one of its officers to the United States to serve a Court summons on political activist Rickford Burke, who has been openly critical of the Guyana Government. Burke, who has been living in the US for more than 25 years, has dismissed the charges against him.

Burke has said he was never served with the summons and indicated that the Guyana Police Force has no jurisdiction in the United States to serve him with any Court document.

Mr. Jagdeo said it cannot be business as usual when persons think they can say whatever about the government or citizens and have a free pass. He said persons ought to be held responsible for their utterances on social media.

“They live abroad, they have nothing good to say about country, they sow divisions, discord every single day by their comments. They use social media as a weapon against the government and also private citizens and as a means of extorting people, and clearly this cant be free speech, this can’t be protected speech, this is criminality,” Jagdeo said.

He said if persons in Guyana, say some of the things, those overseas Guyanese are saying, they have to face the law, and similarly, those overseas will also have to face the law.

“So, I am so pleased that we could actually start holding people accountable for what they say. People can say whatever they wish. But if its seditious, you have to face the court,” Mr. Jagdeo pointed out.

Since taking office, the Government has filed a number of cyber crime cases against various persons for statements on social media.

@cain posted:

GPF can't catch criminals in their own lil lil country but you got something against the government and suddenly they got  long arms.

Burke has said he was never served with the summons and indicated that the Guyana Police Force has no jurisdiction in the United States to serve him with any Court document.

Dem people story got rhythm rass.

Oh rass, yall cyan call a certain somebody baldy now.

A magistrate acting within the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Magistrates) Act Cap 3:05 does not have the authority to issue a summons to be served on someone outside of Guyana

Jan 03, 2024 Letters

Dear Editor,

Happy New Year.  I read a letter in the Sunday Chronicle December 31, 2023 by Mr. Robin Singh appearing under the headline, “For too long persons abroad have acted as though they are beyond our laws”.

He quoted a Canadian case, Pietersv Guyana National Newspapers Limited 2020 Cam Can LI 107882 (ON SC) and stated that he “would hasten to advise our local judiciary to adopt the precedent soonest.” This case was from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.  It is a persuasive authority but not a binding precedent.

In the High Court case 2020-HC-DEM-CIV-FDA-568 between Msenga Jones v Gecom et al, an application for judicial review Madam Chief Justice (Ag) Roxane George stated inter alia that “Apart from res judicata under the common law system, applying the principle of stare decisis, I am bound to follow the decisions of the CA and ultimately the apex court, the CCJ.”

Mr. Singh also stated that “As local lawyers Roysdale Forde and Darren Wade continue to defy logic and common sense in asserting that the ‘service’ of Guyanese court summons cannot be effected in the United States.”

A Magistrate is a creature of statute and that is such a fundamental principle of law that one can always not think there would be any ignorance, much fewer questions about it.  Unfortunately, that is not so.

A Magistrate’s powers and duties emanate and are limited to the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Magistrates) Act Cap 3:05.

Section 68 (1) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Magistrates) Act Cap 3:05 states:

“All summonses, warrants, orders, judgments, writs of execution or other process or proceedings, whether civil or criminal, issued or taken by or by the authority of any magistrate respecting any matter within his jurisdiction shall have full force and effect and may be served or executed anywhere within Guyana (emphasis mine) by a bailiff of the court by the police or other constable to whom they are directed, or by any other police or other constable, as the case may be.”

There is no ambiguity in this section and a Magistrate acting within the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Magistrates) Act Cap 3:05 does not have the authority to issue a summons to be served on someone outside of Guyana.

Yours respectfully,

Dawn Cush

https://www.kaieteurnewsonline...e-outside-of-guyana/