St Kitts/Nevis Fmr PM Dr Denzil Douglas says he received a Dominica Diplomatic Passport as a courtesy

​St Kitts/Nevis fmr PM Dr Denzil Douglas says he received a Dominica Diplomatic Passport as a courtesy. Douglas is currently involved in a court case in St Kitts. He claims that Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, is a witness in the case.
 
The government of St Kitts filed an injunction against Douglas for allegedly holding dual-citizenship and a diplomatic passport from Dominica, which is against the laws of that country. It alleges that he had violated the constitution of St Kitts by swearing or acknowledging allegiance to a foreign power, and should be barred from serving as a parliamentarian.
 
The matter was heard in court on Monday in Basseterre. After the hearing, Douglas repeated earlier statements by his attorney to the effect that he is not a Dominican citizen, saying; “We continue to say and we file as our response that having a Dominican passport does not mean that I am a citizen of Dominica. In fact, the Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit himself sent in his own statement as a witness, to say that Douglas never applied for citizenship. Douglas does not have citizenship. Douglas was never granted citizenship, and he has never taken an oath of allegiance to Dominica.”
 
Dr. Douglas went on to say that Mr Skerrit granted him the passport “as a show of courtesy. Based on the fact that I have served for a very long time as a Prime Minister of St Kitts/Nevis, and served the region, and he felt that in view of the work that I was engaged in as a regional and international consultant, that it would be courteous for me to have a diplomatic passport”.
 
The Government of St Kitts has asked for more time in the matter to find an expert on Dominican law, but Dr Douglas described the entire matter as “political harassment.” He shouted, “Power to the people,” as he left the courthouse. The hearing will continue in April.