In a landmark consolidated summary judgment delivered on October 26 at 13:55 by Judge Robert Praag, the Suriname Telecommunications Authority (TAS) secured a decisive legal victory in dual overlapping interim proceedings against former senior official Wendy Jap-A-Joe. The court dismissed every claim submitted by Jap-A-Joe, formally barring her from carrying out any official acts on behalf of the telecommunications regulatory body effective immediately. The ruling mandates that Jap-A-Joe, accompanied by her private security detail, vacate the TAS headquarters within a 24-hour window following the verdict, and surrender all work-related materials, access credentials, and official documentation to authorized TAS representatives within that same timeframe. Non-compliance with the ban on acting in an official capacity for TAS will trigger escalating penalty fines that can accumulate to a maximum of SRD 1 million, while failure to complete the required handover of official assets will incur a daily fine of SRD 5,000, capped at an identical SRD 1 million maximum. The court also ordered Jap-A-Joe to cover all legal costs associated with the interim suit she had initially filed against TAS. Notably, the ruling suspends the employment contract that Jap-A-Joe had cited as the basis for her contested position at the regulator, pending a separate future full court proceeding to determine the document’s full legal validity – no final ruling on the contract’s legitimacy was issued in this expedited summary judgment process. All measures outlined in the verdict are declared provisionally enforceable, meaning they can be implemented immediately even if Jap-A-Joe files an appeal against the decision. The TAS Supervisory Board (RvC) was also found fully in the right across all three linked legal cases, including a prior separate defamation and slander suit that had been brought against the board.
Rechter verbiedt Jap-A-Joe nog op te treden namens TAS; gebouw binnen 24 uur verlaten
