Government President William D. Money (LN) has formally charged candidates Tom Norton and Leah Carmody for one count of common law theft and one count of disruption of the user experience under the Terms and Conditions.
The charge stems from an independent investigation conducted by Carmody following-up a leaked e-mail claiming the East Titulia Company (also called 'ETitCo') were using their roles in government to take over the real estate giant TCRED and force a monopoly over land in Titulia City. Carmody has already provided evidence to the republic that she used search engine giant Google™ to query any publicly accessible documents relating to East Titulia.
The evidence previously tabled by Carmody is reliable testimony, given the company's forum hosted at nabble.com was unsecured and open to public access. This places Money in a difficult position, as in order to prove theft of private property he must prove that the global search engine giant's listings were not within the public domain. As Google™ is used by over 1.4b people per day for the same purpose, odds are the outgoing President's attempt to successfully prosecute his political enemies will add heat on Chief Justice Colonel - another financial member of ETitCo - to drop the case with prejudice.
Mr Norton has been charged as a co-accused because he released the exposé on his Titulia blog account.
The LRP has retained James Matthews and Dr Frank Stevens of Manhattan LLP as joint counsel, but say they will not be dishonouring the Republic by responding to charges they claim as 'politically motivated' and without 'proper authority'.
In speaking for his clients, Mr Matthews of Manhattan LLP said that the President's failure to abide by the Department of Justice Act 2009 ['DoJA'] and leave the matter for the Attorney General is 'an abuse of power by the chief executive'.
"DoJA speaks to the issue of prosecution in very clear terms, that no one else in the Executive can act as Attorney General bar the Attorney him/herself or a delegate as the AG specifically appoints. The Executive cannot accept this power in vitro or onto another, even in absentia of an Attorney General. The language in the Act is very, very clear", Mr Matthews said.
Calculating previous prosecutions, this would be the second time a coalition president has ignored DoJA. The first recorded occasion was provided by former VP Norton, in which he applied through the Chief Justice to the Attorney General for excuse to return for a party vote. Its rejection was accepted, however the communiqué reports that the rejection was not given by the Attorney General, but by then-president Gerry Brady.
In response to the growing abuse of process by the coalition, Vice President Norton has tabled an enforcement supplemental bill in the legislature that calls for any government, present or future, to enforce and honour the Act.
LRP policy spokesperson Reg Ambrose has called on the citizens to vote yes on the supplemental.
"It's the right time to take this on board. It's the right thing to do and take Titulia one step further in preventing the abuse and politicization of the legal process. It's right that Titulia sends a message to the public officers involved with the East Titulia Company, that their attempts to abuse privileges to get even with those that exposed them are inappropriate", he said.
Communications Director Renee Buchanan alternated course from her colleagues and encouraged the process to continue.
"That they [East Titulia Company] treat the judicial system with such contempt grinds away the last layer of any credibility they may have once had as supporters of good public law. In the interests of promoting lawful activity I'm bound to recommend they cease, but if they don't then it adds another mark against the company members that have used their government positions throughout this charade", she said.
"That provides another reason why the LRP are the better alternative to lead with fairness and respect for legislation and the Bill of Rights".
A date is yet to be scheduled.
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