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Reports reaching Asbert News Network are that some staff members of the Customs and Excise Services here have been told that approval of their \u201crequests for time-off on Saturdays for religious purposes\u201d has not been granted.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sources say that the issue is a time worn one that has cropped up before, always with \u201cpretty much the same outcome.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ANN reached out to several persons for their take on the recent decision as captured in a March 16 memorandum sent from the Chief Personnel Officer to the Comptroller of Customs and Excise.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That memo reads, \u201cI refer to requests submitted on behalf of Customs Officers who are members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, on the above subject.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPlease be informed that the Public Service Commission has not granted approval to such requests. The Commission is of the opinion that <\/span><\/span>all<\/span><\/span> Officers should comply with the hours of work, which have been established for the Customs and Excise Services.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAdditionally, the Commission does not support special arrangements that are in place by the Customs and Excise Services, for some staff, to be granted Saturdays off. Please be guided accordingly.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As we understand it, the Public Affairs Religious Liberty (PARL) department of one local Seventh Day Adventist church advocates for the religious freedoms of Adventist converts who may find that such liberties are threatened.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The PARL department at this particular church is directed by Pastor Terrence Haynes, who for reasons unknown was \u201cunable to make any comments\u201d on the matter at hand. A national PARL council is also active here and with Counsel Meisha Cruickshank currently serving as president.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe case concerning the workers at Customs was referred to the Seventh Day Adventist Church of which I am a member,\u201d Counselor Jemarlie John told ANN.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to John, \u201cthat council has the benefit of 3 lawyers and other legally trained individuals who have extensive training and experience in human resources and employment law.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it is not the intention of the Council to initiate legal action, the SDA Church through its PARL department has successfully brought actions on behalf of its members regionally and worldwide. PARL stands ready to have the action taken against its members reviewed by a Court of law; if negotiation fails to bring an amicable resolution in the best interest of all involved.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat action is a gross violation of fundamentally guaranteed rights under the Constitution and will be dealt with, with utmost urgency,\u201d the relatively new lawyer continued.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Public Service Commission Chair, Cecil \u2018Blazer\u2019 Williams told us, \u201cthat is nothing new \u2013 that has been happening now \u2013 it\u2019s been a number of years they\u2019ve been writing us.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A well-placed source at the Customs and Excise Services explained that the SDA Church would customarily write to the government\u2019s human resource management department, the Public Service Commission, \u201cevery-time there\u2019s a new convert.\u201d These letters would essentially request that the authorities recognize the new convert\u2019s right to observe their day of worship, traditionally Saturdays.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to our source, \u201cthe memo itself has nothing to do with the Customs per se\u2026. The Service Commission is saying basically that they have denied the requests and that members of staff should adhere to the hours of work at the Customs because obviously as more and more people convert to Adventist it will basically affect our delivery of the service. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just an instruction given to the Comptroller based on requests made to Service Commission, so once the instructions are given we have to circulate it to staff. But I think it\u2019s early days yet and those persons who this memo will affect will get together and they will sort it out.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The decision, the source made clear, was made by the Chief Personnel Officer as opposed to a policy developed and instituted by the management of the Customs and Excise Services.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Williams, the Public Service Commission Chief told us, \u201cthe Commission\u2019s take has always been that we will not discriminate against anybody whether in their favor or not in relation to their religion. We are not making decisions religion based on race, religion or ethnic origin.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn other words what we are saying is this; if Seventh Day Adventists don\u2019t want to work on a Saturday in the public service so too can other people whose Sabbath is on a Sunday. And we are not, therefore, going to make any distinctions between anybody on the basis of their religion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ANN queried whether or not this was not \u201ca denial of religious rights.\u201d To which the practicing attorney responded, \u201cno, no, no; that could never be considered denial of religious rights. If we begin to do that we have a serious problem on our hands. Everybody from any other religion can say they\u2019re not working on Sundays and close down the whole country. Close down the hospital, close down wherever, Customs and everything.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As to the CPO\u2019s allusion to the Customs and Excise Services\u2019 informal acknowledgement of Adventist staff members\u2019 right to observe their Sabbath, Williams noted, \u201cif that is practiced at Customs it is not part of the policy of the government or the policy of the Public Service Commission.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A sentiment which our source confirmed; he said, \u201csince this correspondence, we\u2019ve realized, it seems as if past comptrollers would have acted contrary to the instructions from Service Commission and allowed one or two persons Saturday off.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Although the source would not say the precise number of officers affected by the Service Commission\u2019s continued denial, ANN was reliably informed that at least 4 of the 7 Customs Officers stationed at the Argyle International Airport are practicing Adventists.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, self \u2013acknowledged patron to the Bellevue congregation of Seventh Day Adventists per his North Central Windward constituency donation \u2013 the parcel of land upon which that church was built \u2013 weighed in on the issue via an ANN exclusive interview.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Gonsalves claimed to be unaware of the recent development but proffered, \u201cI\u2019d have to find out what happened. I believe what\u2019s probably at the back of this is a practical issue. Saturday is a day when people work and clearly you have to balance between what you need to do on that Saturday and what you rightly call people\u2019s religious rights \u2013 the freedom to practice their religion. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo it may be that they may have to work out practically to balance both things, that they have a certain minimum number of persons who are Seventh Day Adventist on the staff and try to organize it in a way that they work other days and get that particular day off. I\u2019m sure that that is something they can work out.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reiterating his ignorance of the case, the Prime Minister committed to investigate \u201cthe factual basis of the story\u201d while positing, \u201cfor all the years they must have been dealing with it sensibly unless they now have such a large number of Seventh Day Adventists now working there that it\u2019s difficult for them to work out the special arrangement without disrupting the service.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Public Service Commission Chairman, when asked whether the special arrangements practiced by the Customs department would be discontinued, pointed out, \u201cwe have not made a concerted decision to stop them or not. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are saying basically, we as the Service Commission do not support that kind of action because it is discriminating against other people who are working in the Customs department and who have their Sabbath on a Sunday\u2026. We\u2019ve made that policy decision years upon years ago that we\u2019re not discriminating against people\u2019s race, political ideological position or what. \u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Gonsalves delivered congratulatory remarks at the opening ceremony of the new Seventh Day Adventist headquarters on Easter Sunday last year. He underscored his appreciation for the SDA brethren; a fact he said was reflected in the discriminatory practices against Adventists which he corrected. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He said, \u201cYou have given so much to this community. Our own government has been blessed with Sir Louis, the longest serving attorney general ever Judith Jones-Morgan, we have Deborah Charles with us. When Sir Louis took a sabbatical he was replaced by Maxwell Charles another Seventh Day Adventist\u2026.Over the years you were discriminated against in some ways which is really difficult to understand in the modern period.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Gonsalves named the disparity in salary once suffered by graduates of \u201cthe Caribbean Union College subsequently the University of the Southern Caribbean\u201d \u2013 Adventists in the main \u2013 as one anomaly he had rectified early in his government\u2019s tenure.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI also found that the Seventh Day Adventist was not given appropriate recognition on many, many issues. Some small issues it may appear. Sir Louis can tell you when a function is to be held by the State on a Friday evening, I will always say you cannot hold the function on the Friday evening because we will be excluding 13\/14 percent of the population and we can\u2019t do that.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime in Parliament and we\u2019re there on a Friday by 5 O\u2019 clock I get up, however important the business, and I ask that the House be adjourned or the sitting suspended for another day to permit those who are Seventh Day Adventists to leave to get home in time for sun down.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026. There are a number of ways in which there were prejudices and I think the church has recognized that I am extremely sensitive to these matters. Very, very sensitive.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As for the potential litigation, we\u2019ve been advised, this would not be \u201cthe first time the PARL department is engaged in legal work. The challenge to the buggery law and the gross indecency laws that are currently before the Court is also part of the work currently being done by the PARL department.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe church filed an application to be joined as interested parties. That application was granted and several churches are represented by the Seventh Day Adventist church with Meisha Cruikshank and Mandella Campbell-Peters as lead advocates in that matter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe church joined those proceedings precisely because of religious liberty reasons so I hope that Counsel Williams is not carelessly assuming that we will sit idly by while the religious freedoms of our members are trampled underfoot.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

JP.Schwmon.Vincy@Gmail.Com<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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