Editorial
As the election season heats up in Grenada, one can expect politicians to make all kinds of wild statements in their anxiety to excite the electorate.
This seems to be the situation with some members on the government side especially Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell and his Minister of Economic Development, Anthony Boatswain.
Any right thinking person would not make the kind of utterances like Minister Boatswain who challenged the intellect and common sense of some nationals in other Caribbean islands to effect regime change.
How can a senior Cabinet minister tell the world that the people in the other islands elected into office "undesirable" elements to take charge of their affairs?
Is he calling Bajans fools for exercising their constitutional right to replace Prime Minister Owen Arthur of the Barbados Labour Party with David Thompson of the Democratic Labour Party?
Can Mr. Boatswain feel comfortable attending a meeting of Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and sitting down and discussing the business of the region with these so-called "undesirables" as he labelled them?
Another very interesting statement came from the "Chief" himself who told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) in a recent interview that the electorate in Grenada would have no choice but to vote back the NNP into office on the basis of performance especially after Hurricanes Ivan and Emily.
Is Dr. Mitchell beginning to believe in his own lies? Is he trying to convince himself that the vast majority of Grenadians are blind, always stupid and nothing but fools?
The recent collapse of Capital Bank International has put a further stain on the track record of not only the Prime Minister but the entire lot in the ruling party.
Is Dr. Mitchell aware of the number of banks whether offshore or on-shore that have collapsed under his tenure as Minister of Finance? It must be a dubious record.
GRENADA TODAY cannot think of any Caribbean island that has seen so many banks collapsed as the case in Grenada by this very insensitive government.
It was Dr. Mitchell who granted Capbank the license much to the annoyance of the Eastern Caribbean Central bank (ECCB) to open operations and take the funds of depositors.
Shouldn't he now be held responsible if the ordinary poor people in this country lose their monies with that bank in which the law office of his self appointed Governor-General played an intrinsic role?
In talking about track record, those of us with eyes can clearly see the number of government buildings still flat on the ground from Ivan - Government House and York House which housed Parliament, the bastion of our democracy and sittings of the Court of Appeal and the Number One High court.
Several of our schools are still in a state of disrepair and the sense of patriotism among our teachers are continuing to make sure that they remain in the classroom and teach our nation's children.
The housing stock has been built back largely by private homeowners who either re-financed their loans from our banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions following the havoc caused by Ivan. It had nothing to do with this government.
As a matter of fact the unfortunate track record of Prime Minister Mitchell and NNP can be seen in the manner in which the U.S government choose to spend its aid package to Grenada after Ivan.
Washington decided to send in its own officials to handle the money due to constant reports about corruption and mal-administration by the Mitchell regime.
Oh yes, Dr. Mitchell, our people would indeed vote on the track record of your government whenever the election takes place.
The right hand of the Lord is at work in this beautiful country. Is it any wonder that disaster after disaster has beset Grenada under NNP rule in recent years.
As King Scholar so rightly said there will be more and more hurricanes (disasters) in Grenada as long as Mitchell and his Gang remain in command.
A change of regime in the Spice Island would leave the new rulers with no choice but to allow the law to take its natural course of justice against Keith Claudius Mitchell and company.
There is a lot of work ahead for the Attorney-General and the Director of Public Prosecutions on charges of misbehavior in Public Office.
U.S citizen Charles Howland is monitoring the situation in Grenada to see when Dr. Mitchell is no longer in office to bring back the charges against him in keeping with the decision of the high court judge to grant conditional "immunity" from prosecution against the Grenadian leader.
And the Call Centre fiasco will come back to haunt Dr. Mitchell. The NNP duped the national purse on the deal.
Dr. Mitchell, what has become of the assurances you gave to our Parliament that your family will repay its share of millions in debts that were built up by the Call Centre?
This is indeed the kind of performance that the electorate would have to consider in making their choice of government in the upcoming general elections.
