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By:
Max Sterling
Just
recently I recall a statement Sir Eric Gairy made to one Herbert
Squires, Q.C. - a one time pre-Revolution Attorney General of Grenada.
In his self-developed Oxfordian/Oxonian accent, Sir Eric told Mr.
Squires: "You convince me that no one studies law, but learn
to read it."
There are certain ones among our local legal fraternity to whom
this statement applies. Of course, this is not for the many capable
legal minds who have brought to the table their wisdom and intellect
coupled with their integrity and their "intouchness" with
who they are - to take offense to.
The ones who would no doubt take immediate offense to my statement
here in this column are the ones who suffer no shortage of guilt
as to their dullness in the profession. They are the same ones who
help the man from the wild, wild west of Mitchell's vintage
feel so comfortable in Grenada - especially when it comes to practicing
law in our local court system.
When a man knows who he is, he will never answer to anything. When
a man knows who he is, he will never be so stupid to allow anyone's
opinion of him to become his reality. It is so true that no one
can ever make you feel inferior without your consent.
There are so many people in Grenada today without character who
always love to take people to court or threaten them with legal
action to prove their character - not knowing that character is
who you are!
If for instance you were fired from a particular post (in or out
of public service) for reasons which were not disclosed to the public,
that does not mean that you were not fired or dismissed unceremoniously!
The fact remains that you were dismissed. Whether someone reminds
you of this publicly and states the reason/s he/she knows to be
true, that is immaterial since the point remains that you were fired!
Some fools in Grenada seem so full of EGO (Empty Goings On), that
they have to respond, and in writing, too - to remove all doubts
that they really are fools, in truth. That said, I want to believe
that one day we all are going to get up to the news that Little
Black and his wild, wild west man are no longer rolling in the hay.
The number of things which this individual has done to cost this
bankrupt nation, are too "much" to quantify. The poor
quality of legal advice given to Little Black's hoodlums bold enough
to continue to pose as authority, leave much to be desired. If one
were to calculate the costs associated to the intransigencies of
Little Black's "kleptocratic" administration as engineered
by poor legal counsel of this wild, wild west man, one can only
see millions of tax payers' already scarce dollars flowing down
their "larlie" drain with speed.
I cannot forget that names of strategically positioned legal people
at the head of the Grenada Bar Association, in the Judiciary and
in the constitutionally provided for Prosecution's office implicated
in a conniving plot to frustrate efforts of the FBI to come into
Grenada to investigate the First International Bank. Recently, I
was privy to some recordings of both telephone and fact-to-face
conversations between allegedly deceased Van Brink and certain high
Grenadian officials who knew all along that First Bank was no bank.
Because of how the bank was started with a frowsy photograph of
a precious gem, it was always a bone of contention that the bank
officials would pay - and while they are paying, certain people
will be hard to defeat at the polls. After all, Lloyd Noel, as forthcoming
as he comes week after week, must recall the "nincompoop"
who was regarded as expensive but useful!
The outright corruption of Little Black's administration never ceases
to amaze me. Imagine this element is the same one who was all over
telling everyone that Kenny Lalsingh was involved in a cement scam
back in the days of the Blaize NNP administration and even in subsequent
years when he, Lalsingh became a founding member of the envied-since-then
National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Today this same man maligned and castigated for cement has been
appointed a Senator and now holds the top position of President
of the Senate. Imagine further that should the current holder of
the position of Governor General fall sick or is away on vacation
or business, the occupier of the office of President of the Senate
would act as Governor General.
Could you imagine the cement man as christened by the then Minister
of Works who is now the Prime Minister of Grenada, acting in that
position as allowed by the same Prime Minister? Utterly disgusting!
I believe that as Ms. Leslie Ann Seon declined to act in that position,
it should be taken for granted that Little Black would not resort
to rubbing extra salt in our oozing wounds by having Kenny act in
such a position, especially as he was the one who blew the whistle
on him when he was his deputy Minister of Works back then.
But then again, what can you expect from a man who should not occupy
any public office, himself? Many people are waiting to see the outcome
of the criminal libel charges expected to be filed against one of
the NNP operatives for his outright defamatory statement of George
Worme accusing him of being involved in something we have come to
know as criminal which already led to a criminal charge against
someone back in 1998/99.
George Worme has never been accused of almost stifling his wife
in a bath tub and escaping attempted murder charges on a technicality
shrouded in lies. I am glad to report that the wife in that story
got away and as naked as she was born, ran out of the house and
ended up by friends who took her in and clothed her.
This action was never further investigated because the police were
told that only a crazy person would run the streets naked as this
woman had no choice but to have done after her escape - resulting
in no charge being filed. Needless to say she left Grenada since
and now resides abroad.
I am sure you all would understand and appreciate which political
party such an individual so accused would support in Grenada: The
only One! Which one else? When the NDC would have done what it has
to do as a result of its findings of the investigation involving
Kenrick Fullerton, the Kleptocracy would get a brief example of
what's coming their way when the bell rings.
Regardless of how reduced their numbers might be in Parliament as
a result of their decision, the message would be clear to all and
sundry that impropriety would just not be tolerated - and worse
yet, if you are one of their members. That party under Hon. Tillman
Thomas would rather fail with honour than succeed by fraud.
I can just picture the news headlines on a regular basis when Little
Black in kicked out of office. You think you heard a lot of scandal
relating to Panday and his crew in Trinidad & Tobago? You just
wait 'til "Little Black" can no longer hide behind any
constitutionally provided for institution.
And the man from the Wild Wild West will not even be around when
the bells toll since he would have long plotted good his escape
route out of Grenada. What a pity the officers in the Financial
Intelligence Unit of the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) might
not be able to lay their hands on him to question him good and proper
about the First Bank episode.
It is not long in coming....I can hear the jail door banging loudly
for whom the bells toll! |
