By Fernella Wedderburn and Emmanuel Joseph
A High Court judge has struck down a regulation that prohibited all public servants from actively participating in politics, ruling it unconstitutional.
Justice Westmin James said on Tuesday that General Order 3.18.1 is also “inconsistent” with the rights to freedom of expression and association which are enshrined in the Constitution of Barbados.
“The regulation is overly broad,
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