The Free Manx Paper Earroo / Issue 36 Jerrey Geuree / January 2006 Published by Mec Vannin CRIMINAL INJUSTICE Home Affairs Department admits to trying to "steamroller" legislation Illiam Dhone's judicial through before next election "It is normal practice for the consultation period to be six weeks murder to be featured where in this case it has been reduced to four weeks which the Department on Border Television feel is not unreasonable in the Border Television has produced a circumstances. If we do not meet the m i . series of six programmes under the title v required deadlines for submission, and o of "True Crimes" which start screening g . especially in light of the Election next w on Thursday 5th January 2006. w year, the provisions would be delayed w m for a considerable period of time which o The final episode, due to be broadcast r f would be unacceptable, as I am sure e on Thursday 9th February at 7.30pm, r u you would agree." t c deals with the shooting of Illiam Dhone i P on the 2nd January, 1663. The Well, no we don't agree, not by a long way. programme runs for just half an hour so What are these circumstances? Has there don't expect anything too "in depth" and been a collapse of civil order that has gone it is unknown from what perspective the unnoticed outside the corridors of the producers have treated the issue. John Shimmin MHK, DHA Minister DHA? What is this deadline? Why will an The Department of Home Affairs election cause such disruption? under John Shimmin has committed Paradox of itself to driving an admittedly "The Bill provides a package of opposition to contentious piece of legislation important measures to help ensure the change in through Tynwald without any valid law enforcement agencies and the consultation. Attempts by several Courts can effectively tackle crime and Governor's title bodies to secure even a small amount address the issues which are of most Mec Vannin's antipathy towards of consideration time for a new concern to the public." playing around with the title of the Criminal Justice Bill, which impacts British Crown's permanent overseer in on several other complex pieces of Does this mean that the police and Courts our country is well established and has legislation, have been flatly rejected. a r e n ' t e ff e c t i v e l y tackling crime at the nothing to do with liking the idea of moment? Does "tackling crime" simply being the last colony of a burnt-out In a response to Mec Vannin's request mean locking up more people? Is that the empire. See our Jan. 2003 issue. for a few week's opportunity to study the reason for having a new prison, rather than draft Bill, reproduced with comment replacing an out-dated prison? Yet we have found ourselves on the below, the department has admitted that same side as a substantial body of its sole objective is to drive the Bill The department actually asked for opinion against change but for very through before the next election, but why responses and then refused any time to different reasons. Most others should this be important? m ake them. It is obvious from this that the opposing the change seem to think intention is to legitimise the process before that a title change would undermine "The Department recognises that the dumping it on MHKs who will be subject to the Governor's status! period for consultation is shorter than departmental brow beating to vote for usual however the overriding legislation of which they have little grasp of Meanwhile, Donald Gelling, Chief importance of the issues the full implications and no valid public Minister, has responded to claims that encompassed within the Bill make it consultaion to help direct them. the UK could reject the change by essential that the provisions saying it would provoke a constitutional proposed are progressed through the This country has no constitution or human crisis! legislative process as quickly as rights legislation. This Bill impacts heavily practicable" on the rights of the individual and it is You can't have a constitutional crisis essential that close scrutiny be paid to when you have no constitution. The UK Of course, nobody has actually been each and every clause. ro u ti ne l y rejects Manx legislation given the opportunity to see what these without a peep and, of course, if "overriding" issues are and the DHA has On this basis, we appeal to all MHKs who constitutional propriety were ever an not chosen to enlighten us, but in such have any genuine concern in good issue here, we wouldn't have Chief time as has been available, it could (and legislation to send this Bill straight back to Minister who could hire and fire has been) claimed that the Department the DHA and have it stay there until such ministers at will while being utterly seeks to lay the foundations of a police time as informed comment has been taken without any mandate from the state. Small wonder that they're not keen and they can study all concerns and electorate, would we, Mr. Gelling? for people to look too closely. i m plications. yN PABYR SEYR Issue 36, January 2006 Page 2 Laa cooinaghtyn Illiam dhone - oraid ghaelghagh Liorish Phill Gawne Oltey yn Kiare as Feed, Oltey Coonseil ny Shirveishee Mysh shey bleeaney jeig er dy magh yn chooish ain ayns aght nyn ellan, foast gennaghtyn henney ren mee oraid y livrey er y cooie dauesyn va shin shirrey corree tra ta assee jeant da nyn chronk shoh ayns cooinaghtyn cooney veih, as myr shen cha ellan as foast goaill nearey tra ta Illiam Dhone. Ec y tra v©ayn va aile row anaase oc ayns nyn gooish. brock jeant ec y reiltys. Myr oltey loshtey ayns my chree as va mee My ta shiu geearree red ennagh CoShirv, as shoh yn red smoo corree dy liooar dy row wheesh d© veih peiagh nagh vel enn echey scanshoil, t©ou ayns yeeyl er ve jeant da Mannin. Hug erriu cre vees speeideilagh - boayl foddey smoo lajer son mee yn foill dy bollaghtagh er brishey stiagh ©sy thie echey jannoo reddyn mie son Mannin. Reiltys Vannin as ny olteynyn gaccan dy lajer ny ©oi as shirrey Tinvaal er lheh. Cre©n fa nagh row dy cho-eignaghey cooney veih, Yn bun ta mee prowal dy heet er, ad jannoo red ennagh dy lhiettal ny reaghey tra cooie da dy loayrt ta shoh. Mannagh vel shiu ayn yn assee - hug mee roish dy row riu as cur da ayns aght so- gobbragh dy trang, kianlt bit beg "yn Reiltys doalit liorish airh yn hoiggalagh fys er yn chooish ta veih ginsh dy chooilley red t©ayns ommidan." shiu shirrey cooney er. dt y aigney gyn ourys agh soie ayns boayl raad t©ou abyl dy S©liklee dy bee yindys er paart jiu Ta fys mie aym dy vel feme ayn chaghlaa y theihll, cha jig dty dy vel yn aile shen foast bio nish as reesht y voayrd y woalley chooishyn lhiat. aynym pene - cha nel eh loshtey as roish my row mee pontit my cha fergagh as v©eh tra va mee my hirveishagh ©sy reiltys, nish as Smooinnee shiu er shoh - my va ©ghooinney aeg corree© agh t©eh reesht va mee jannoo ymmyd jeh Illiam Dhone ny ghooinney foast ayn kiart dy liooar. Mleeaney saaseyn jeeragh as neuchurtoil granganagh va gaccan dy cha nel mee son cur yn olk er y my chooishyn y chummal seose - kinjagh mychione dy chooilley reiltys as soilsheeym diu nish yn agh gyn ourys erbee ta ellynyn red va jeant ec y Staanlagh aght ta my aigney er ve caghlaait. jesh cosney yn caggey ny Mooar cha beagh eh er ve ayns s©menkey na focklyn corree. T©eh y voayl kiart dy hauail shenn ©Sy toshiaght er lhiam dy vel aashagh dy liooar dy ©eddyn vunraght as kiartyn ny toiggalys dowin aym nish er yn magh boiraghyn nyn ellan as Manninee. My va Illiam Dhone aght ta politickaght gobbragh ayns gaccan myr nyn gione - t©eh gyllagh mygeayrt Mannin dy row Mannin, nagh row aym shey foddey smoo doillee feaysley ny reiltys ny Staanlaghyn olk dy bleeaney jeig er dy henney. Cheau boiraghyn shoh. lio oar cha beagh eh er ve pointit mee mysh queig blein as mish ny Resour Vannin, cha beagh eh gallvergagh agglagh mychione Er lhiam pene dy vel eh scanshoil er ve faagit ny ard dooiney ayns bunnys dy chooilley red va jeant dy ©reayll shoh ayns cooinaght. Mannin choud©s va©n Staanlagh ayns Mannin as va©n foill dy Adsyn ta shiu dy mennick ersooyl caggey noi ny Sostynee kinjagh er peiagh ennagh elley - clashtyn gaccan dy lajer noi dy as cha beagh eh er ve abyl dy oltey y chiare as feed, jantagh chooilley pheiagh as dy chooilley resooney magh coardailys lesh thallooin, banceyr ny ard- red s©liklee nagh vel ad feer ny ardwhaiyllee tra haink ad dy delleyder. fondagh ec feaysley reddyn. c h u r mow da Mannin. Lurg tammylt - as va shoh lessoon Nish ta mee er chlashtyn nish as Wahll, cre mysh yn aile ta foast ynsit dy chreoi aym - hooar mee reesht Manninee gaccan freayll my annym politickaght magh dy ren reddyn cheet lhiam mychione coonceil ny shirveishee cheh? Cre ta cur orrym cummal foddey ny sassey as ny smoo (CoShirv) gra dy vel eh er seose my vea politickaght? tappee tra dobbree mee maroosyn shirveishee ©dy chreck magh© my va mee genmyssey ny noidyn vees ad son cosney soiag ayns Shegin dou goaill rish dy vel mee aym.