And we discussed the Budna case which is still in court. A preliminary ruling from the High Court did not bode well for the government. The court found that there is a valid case in the claim of violation of Budna's constitutional rights. The AG says that they are still processing the files and have not decided to settle:
Anthony Sylvestre, SC - Attorney General
"We are still in the process of that, I believe yesterday there was a case management conference in terms of the time for filing of witness statements and, and other court documents. I don't recall the, the timelines offhand. But suffice it to say, we are still in the process. And what I should point out: as part of the court process there are two very key, very important mechanisms that the court utilize. They utilize a mediation mechanism, where they are encourage parties to say look, try to discuss and see if you could arrive at some resolution. They also use a mechanism known as a judicial settlement conference. That one in my view has has more, more, more, more usefulness because what it does, it allows the parties to have a senior attorney, a senior counsel explain to them to say, look, you filed this constitutional claim, you're asking for x, y, z; you file your defense and you're saying XYZ. But, you know, you both of you may really need to really rethink your position. So, so I think, as part of that process, which comes up a little ways on, you know, we would be in a better position to know where we go with respect to that matter."
Reporter
"If you guys choose to go to trial, is it because the state is taking responsibility for what has up here, what has all appearances of a high level cover up?"
Anthony Sylvestre, SC - Attorney General
"If we don't go to trial. No. I would not say that. I just explained, I think, the position with respect to what happens in court proceedings. And it's not necessarily a matter of based only on facts, but also based on the law. If it is that the court may say, well, listen, say as what you may see what these persons or what police officers. And so you can't escape."
