Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, a lawyer by profession, has questioned the decision of the court to remand Daniel Wharton, also known as “Baby Skello”, for portraying a Hindu deity in a vulgar manner through a song.
“The bench needs to be consistent and sensible in its application of the law. We are jailing someone for mumbling or trying to sing something offensive against a female goddess ( which was terrible and should never be encouraged or listened to and which I personally condemned) but failing to address speedily DV matters where women are at the mercy of the court, failing to address matters of cyber bullying where women’s nude photographs are published online without their consent and other truly egregious crimes against women. I truly hope he has a lawyer who will have this odd decision reversed at the high court,” the minister said on her personal Facebook page.
Commissioner on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Sase Gunraj, a lawyer by profession, took to his Facebook page to express similar sentiments, saying “The remand of Baby Skello is unnecessary and excessive. His attempt at music was undoubtedly blasphemous and disrespectful, but refusal of bail ought not be used as a penalty.”
Just last month, Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud used her personal Facebook page to similarly question a decision of the court in a domestic violence case.
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