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Seems to be a recurring topic.
rspann wrote:Why is he calling on black man? So there is no other race in the PNM? How do the other races in the PNM feel about this?
rspann wrote:Don’t worry , nobody going to lose their jobs. I say it again , nobody getting fired.
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Police probing payout to Darryl Smith’s accuser
Anna Ramdass
THE payout of $150,000 of taxpayers’ money to Carrie-Ann Moreau, former secretary to former sport minister Darryl Smith is under active police probe to determine who is criminally culpable.
A senior police source told the Sunday Express last Monday that the investigation does not specifically involve Smith but all public servants at the Sport Ministry who were involved in the matter.
Smith was fired by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley in the face of sexual misconduct allegations against him by Moreau.
By letter dated February 11, 2020 to the Express, the Office of the Anti-Corruption Investigations Bureau (ACIB) of the Police Service stated that Assistant Supt Juri of the ACIB is conducting an investigation into a report of “alleged corruption” and requested “all newspaper articles, interview notes and any recordings with Darryl Smith or published articles related to Darryl Smith”.
The police source said using State funds to cover up or even “bribe” someone is a criminal offence and all people involved will be held accountable.
Rowley had initially demoted Smith from Sport Minister to Minister in the Ministry of Housing in 2018 but then fired him a day after he shifted him to the Housing Ministry.
The Prime Minister then appointed a three-member committee comprising former permanent secretary and human resource expert Jacqueline Wilson; director of the Women’s Institute for Alternative Development Folade Mutota; and attorney Elaine Green, to thoroughly review the circumstances surrounding the dismissal and payment of compensation to Moreau.
Moreau took the Ministry of Sport to the Industrial Court after she was dismissed as the Minister’s personal secretary.
The Express had obtained a copy of Moreau’s witness statement to the court, where she outlined some of the exchanges with Smith which she believed led to her dismissal.
In Moreau’s witness statement, she provided at least three separate instances in which then-Minister Smith allegedly made comments on her posterior, the way her pants fit and his fondness of her lips.
She also recollected that he called and messaged her at odd times of the night.
Moreau also claimed that she took her concerns to the Ministry’s permanent secretary, but received no help.
Public funds were used to settle a claim for wrongful dismissal made by Moreau, and public funds were used to prepare a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) which prevents Moreau from saying anything related to the matter.
Cover-up
The committee apointed by the Prime Minister concluded there was a concerted effort to cover up Moreau’s allegations of sexual harassment against Smith.
According to the report, a letter purportedly sent by permanent secretary Maurice Suite to the Prime Minister revealed that from the very beginning there were concerted attempts to cover up the allegations made by Moreau.
The letter dated August 10, 2018 read:
“The manner in which we found the MSYA treated with this matter suggests that from the very beginning to end there was a concerted effort to cover up the allegations of sexual harassment which Miss Moreau had made against the former Minister, Miss Moreau’s complaint was prima facie credible and certainly deserved for it to be taken seriously.”
Rowley had first described the report as “unusable” on i95.5FM’s “Take Two” programme on October 16, 2019, a description he repeated during a post-Cabinet media briefing on October 31 when he added that the report breached natural justice.
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi labelled the report as “woefully short, unusable” and “defective insofar as natural justice is concerned”.
Shameful comments
Committee member Mutota subsequently spoke out and in a statement headlined “Because Misogyny Only Hides” described the comments made by Rowley and Al-Rawi as “shameful, reprehensible, misogynistic, and an attack on women’s agency and women’s right to challenge injustice and to be heard”.
Smith currently sits as the Member of Parliament for Diego Martin Central.
Police sources also told the Sunday Express that several present and past politicians are under active investigation.
The Sunday Express tried to contact Smith last Tuesday but calls to his cellphone went unanswered.
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Will probably get bann soon cause there is a PNM pantie man mob on here.rspann wrote:Aye, look zoom get release!
Bailiser houseK74T wrote:Wey the cool down lime is tomorrow dan?
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