Ruth Alias mother of Connie Alias said when she was informed of the incident she dialed 911 requesting police assistance knowing her daughter has serious medical conditions. Mrs. Alias said when she arrived on the scene with a truck to remove her daughter's belongings she overheard the newly appointed head of the Algemeen Division telling her daughter that she has to get out of the apartment by midnight on Friday April 30. Alias said she asked the officer in question if he thought it was normal for him to evict someone on a public holiday and the division head told her that he was just a messenger in this case. She said the officer told her that the decision to evict her daughter was taken by Assistant Chief Commissioner of Police Ademar Doran. Several efforts to reach Doran for a comment on the matter proved futile since Doran did not answer his cellular phone neither the SMS messages sent to him by SMN News. SMN News also tried getting a comment from Chief of Police Franklyn Richards but that too proved futile.
SMN News learnt from neighbors and other bystanders that several officers working in the police force for years were on the scene ordering the woman out of the house.
In an invited comment one of the officers told this reporter that he only went to the scene to make peace. When asked if he thought the procedures used by the police department to evict the terminally ill woman on a public holiday was correct or legal, the officer said he is prepared to soak his blows for the decision he took.
Connie Alias provided SMN News with two letters one to show that her lawyer wrote a letter addressed to Doran on April 15 2010 informing him that he is aware that his client would have to vacate the apartment she is currently living in since the woman was no longer living with her husband.
The letter attorney at law Jason Rogers wrote to Doran states that due to the fact the couple has irreconcilable differences the court of first instance pronounced their divorce on March 15 2010. However, the divorce is not a legal fact since the divorce is yet to be registered at the census office and that both parties are still awaiting the written judgment of the divorce.
Attorney at law Rogers explained to the Korpschef that his client was diagnosed with cancer and she is also a handicap due to an accident in the Netherlands a few years ago. Rogers indicated that based on humanitarian grounds his client Connie Alias would need time to find somewhere to live. He asked Doran to give Alias at least five months in which to find a place to live but Doran never responded to the letter sent to him by attorney Rogers, Alias told SMN News.
Alias also provided SMN News with a letter she received from her ex husband's lawyer indicating to her that she has to vacate the house she is living in since she is now divorced from her husband.
After this article was published Assistant Chief Commissioner of Police Ademar Doran sent an email to SMN News stating that he will not go into details because this matter regards people's privacy. Doran further stated "1. I did not give Carl John any order to evict anyone and no one was evicted. Neither John nor I do have that authority.
An eviction has an Order from the Court as legal basis. As far as I know there was no Court Order in this specific case to evict anybody.
John was called to the home this morning. Since this case is of civil nature the police then will not mediate. John did not evict anybody.", Doran's email states.
2. The rent for the house is paid for by the Central Government and the one responsible is the officer in question. After receiving the letter from the wife's lawyer, management wanted to speak to the parties involved to get clarity on the problem. It was then determined, taking into account the civil nature of the problem and their respective rights, that management was not the legal entity to grant the request of the wife. An answer to this respect will be forwarded to the wife's lawyer after the carnivals holidays." Doran further stated that he regrets to hear that once again incorrect/wrong and malicious information is being spread out.
Copies of both letters are below for clarity on this case.
