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Dr. Dayton Campbell & Legal Team Respond To Media

May 26, 2021 |  Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie |

As the sex scandal deepens lawyers for Dr Dayton Campbell and the embattled former PNP MP now General Secretary of the Opposition party has come out swinging.

Photo of Dr. Dayton Campbell

Dr. Dayton Campbell’s Lawyers have said inter alia:

“An injunction was sought and obtained restricting any further action on the part of the other party to the deformation lawsuit filed by our client Dr. Dayton Campbell.”

This is to be interpreted that no further public utterances or actions were expected before actual trial.

Dr. Dayton Campbell also further denied allegations against him. He said inter alia:

“The latest allegations which have reached the media were made long before the lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court earlier this year, and the police has since closed their files as they were not able to get any credible evidence to proceed.”

There has been infighting for leadership in the fractured PNP.  Dr. D. Campbell further stated inter alia:

“This is just a plot to remove me as General Secretary so as to undermine the integrity of the democratic process that elected me and undermine Mark Golding as leader.  It is all politically organized.”

NIA

The National Integrity Action (NIA) led by Prof. Trevor Monroe has joined other social groups calling on Dr. Campbell to step aside as a result of these allegations of sexual misconduct. This is an integrity watchdog body.

Dr. D. Campbell responded:

 “I will not resign nor step aside.”

PNP

Opposition Leader,  Hon Mark Golding has been deafingly silent on the scandal. As a seasoned lawyer he is trained to handle matters of this nature.  This is most damaging politically as tongues are wagging. This is a small society and just about everyone is connected in some way or another. Sex scandals are serious issues in any society.

We await the next move by the combatants. Campbell and Cross.

Each person is presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law. We will stand by that principle.

JLP

Insiders in the JLP are having a grand laugh. Tongues are wagging. There has been no public utterances on the deepening scandal rocking the PNP. They are hushed.

Commentary

A leading media house did the unusual thing of dropping a vox pop it had planned to air this evening on the PNP Dr. D. Campbell sex scandal matter.  In fact I was actually interviewed for the slot. I was informed at the last minute of their dropping the live public interest story.

Where do we go from here is anybody’s guess.  This is high political drama and a lot is at stake.

Police

Will the police reopen their probe into the sex scandal rocking the PNP and Dr. D. Campbell in light of the new evidence of affidavits filed in court by Ms. Karen Cross et al.

Will Dr. Dayton Campbell survive this scandal?  You be the judge. As usual,  the verdict is yours.

Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie is a veteran journalist who has a keen interest in decency, fairplay and probity in public life.

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