So, even as an appeal may be needed to clarify the final position, does the Justice Nabi judgement and the nearly three quarter million dollars awarded in damages give the government pause in triggering SOE's?
The PM said he will wait for a judgment from higher courts:
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"It's unfortunate but more importantly I think we're having 2 different rulings pretty much almost at the same time, so obviously that will have to be addressed. It will have to be appealed quite likely all the way up to the CCJ to be able to get clarity. But for us what is more important is we are moving beyond what you call, from a national state of emergency, because it gives the wrong impression when all we are trying to do at that point - whenever we declare that - is try to see how we can calm things down in the so-called streets. you know? Where these young men are going after one another and creating havoc and a sense of real emergency in the neighbourhoods where people live. So we have to find more effective way to be able to deal with that legislatively but also see how we can be able to deal with these mostly young men, to see how we can get them to move away from a life of crime."
Leeroy Banner was the attorney for the claimants in both cases.
