And the Chairman of the UDP, Mike Peyrefitte also weighed in on this mess that has legal, political also, apparently wardrobe angles.
Here's how he outlined his support for the constable out there in her red shirt - and justified a social media outburst in what he considers a season of oppression:
Mike Peyrefitte, UDP Chairman
"So a police officer cannot, we live in a country where a police officer cannot stand up and have a conversation with the vice chairman of the UDP whist wiring red? Or refer to a poster whilst wearing red? Your political opinions and positions are constitutionally protected. And so that I would want to see evidence of that, or what exactly she was supposedly doing that makes what she was doing so wrong. Because, what, you can't wear red now? What is this, Crips and Bloods?"
Jules Vasquez
"What she did on social media on Sunday, is pass the bounds. Even though you may not be on duty, you are a police officer and you are bound by the code of conduct which governs that disciplined force."
Mike Peyrefitte, UDP Chairman
"Now, you're asking me whether or not she should have expressed her feelings or acted that way on social media and post it. I would have said from that standpoint, she should not have done that - she should have handled it more professionally than that. She should have made a formal complaint to the government; she should have made a formal complaint to her commissioner and then action should have been taken from there. However, we live in a society where if an opposition senator cannot et a straight answer from the minister of finance containing how the government's money id being spent. People have a feeling that the only way their voices can be heard is if the public knows about it, because then you know what would have probably happened had she done it the professional way. We would have never known that it happened at all. Even though I say that yes maybe she could have handled it different, at the same time maybe she was angry, so offended that she felt there was no other course but to say something publicly right there and then while her blood was hot. So I would defend her to the max."
"You're talking about the respect that the police officer should have had for the minister, what about the respect that that minister should have for that police officer?"
Again, as you heard Julius Espat says that it's a lie that has been told against him and he will defend his good name in court.
