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Read the daring letter a council worker wrote to shut down a ‘sovereign citizen’ who opposed a $110 parking ticket
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A council worker has demolished a sovereign citizen’s attempt to escape a $110 parking ticket where they refused to pay in Australian currency.
The Sovereign Citizen, a movement of people who refuse to recognize governments, had filed an internal review of a fine they received for parking in a charging zone last October with Melbourne’s Monash Council.
The citizen wrote to the council that “they have not committed any criminal offense, offended/violated any law,” prompting a daring four-page response from the council’s legal officer, Juan Domínguez.
A Monash Council legal officer has dismantled a citizen’s attempt to escape a $110 parking fine for parking in a charging zone by claiming they have “committed no criminal offence”
Dominguez said: “I note that you are using a proforma letter from an Internet site,” he wrote.
He goes on to say that the person’s argument was ‘an exercise in reductio ad absurdum‘ – Latin for reductio ad absurdum – by stating that it was impossible to value Australian currency.
“While Australian currency is made of plastic, the Australian dollar has a value attached to it under the Currency Act 1965,” Dominguez wrote.
“Note that it sounds like you are suggesting that you cannot legally pay the penalty notice and that the claim would have no legal basis.”
The bailiff concluded that the citizen’s attempt at reductio ad absurdum -reduction to absurdity- was not subject to annulment of the fine and had to pay
Mr. Dominguez also responded to the person’s attempts to embarrass the council by forcing them to provide proof of claim within 28 days.
‘You also appear to be in the mistaken belief that the Council is legally required to provide you with “proof of claim” within 28 days or you will consider the Council to be bound by certain contractual obligations.
“As I indicated earlier, it appears that you have serious misconceptions about a variety of legal principles, and in this case, I must state in the strongest possible terms, you cannot legally bind the Council using such an ultimatum.”
Mr. Dominguez concluded by saying that the citizen’s claim was deemed unfair but gave the sovereign citizen an extension of time to pay the fine.