Government clears “false and misleading” statements on Electronic Crime Bill

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it is “false and inaccurate” to state that it had approved into law legislation that provides for criminal charges to be brought against anyone sending offensive messages over the internet. In a statement, the Keith Mitchell government said that it wanted to “clarify misleading comments from the Vienna based International Press Institute (IPI)” that the government had passed into law an Electronic Crimes bill. “The government makes it clear, that it is false and inaccurate to state that a bill has been turned into law when such a process has not occurred on this island.