DAME Joan Sawyer has insisted the government has infringed upon the constitutional rights and freedoms of Bahamians who have been subject to lockdowns, leaving a window open to sue the state over this infraction.

The former Court of Appeal president, in a missive explaining her interpretation of various articles of the Constitution, said it appears that even if the competent authority makes orders to protect the citizens and residents from the novel coronavirus, a person who is detained without reasonable cause to suspect that he/she has the virus or has been exposed to it, would still have the right to sue the government for infringement of his or her constitutional rights and freedoms.

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