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The London High Court has cleared the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands of Britain to hand over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, after a judge blocked the Accord a few hours before the signed.
Mr. Justice Martin Chamberline said on Thursday that the emergency order issued at 2.25 in the morning was “discharged from this point”.
He added that the application for an order ban was “unprecedented” and would prevent the government from ending an agreement that was entitled to “pregnant of foreign agreements”.
Mr. Justice Julian Guz came after a granted chamberline verdict Stay in agreement In a case brought in two goats in the morning on Thursday morning – led by Bertris Pompe – against the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
This agreement involves payment of multiple million pounds to hold Britain access Diego Garcia The US-UK military bases transferred the sovereignty of the Indian Ocean Islands to Mauritius.
It was Set to be signed On Thursday, UK Prime Minister Sir Care Starmar and Mauritiian government officials virtually.
At a hearing of the case on Thursday morning, Philip Rule Cassy played on behalf of the leadership claimants and speaking from New York to the court to increase the “interim relief” in the agreement. He argued that the government did not give appropriate “recognition and consideration and provision” for the citizens of the Chagosian UK to make its decision.
However, the chamberline hearing had criticized overnight appeals from the beginning, mentioned that it was “not really the right way for the case” and the leadership claimant should have appealed immediately.
The “interim relief” appealed after the claimants hinted to the UK government in March that they intended to bring a claim but fought to get the necessary funds before the government’s decision to sign the agreement, delaying the case.
In response to the Chamber Line’s verdict, the UK government has said that this agreement was “very important for the British people and our national protection”.
The Mauritiian government did not immediately respond to any request for comment, but before the verdict, a government official said that ministers wanted to move forward.
James AD KC, who worked for the UK government, told the court that the claimant government was “not heard in legal history” by preventing the signing of an agreement, and “there is a lot of concern” in the United States’s national security system with the risk of talance -discussed decisions, which also threatened the United States.
Long -planned arrangements for British Indian Ocean He has been criticized by the Opposition Conservative Party, which has been accused of leaving a key strategic asset and sadling with large payment to maintain taxpayers’ access.
Under President Donald Trump has been mute US criticism about this arrangement. The United States and the United Kingdom are ready to hold access to the Diego Garcia base in 99 -year -old.
On Wednesday, Shadow UK Foreign Secretary Preet Patel said that the agreement was “a betrayal of our national interest by labor, the last day before the parliamentary vacation.”
The signing of the agreement was delayed until the next notice on Thursday after a deep night application. A press conference with UK Defense Secretary John Hilli was suddenly canceled.
Outside the court, Pompe’s friend and dual British-Chagosian citizen Jamie Simon criticized the decision to allow the deal to move forward. “The government is doing exactly what they have done to us 57 years ago. They are still doing what we want with our future,” he referred to the Chagsians’ forced displacement by Britain in the 900s.
David Pilling’s Additional Report in London
