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mero wrote:Phillip if you're reading this don't give up!
2nr has already taken you down the road of L's.
Democracy needs you. The grassroots are afraid you will split the votes.
Moving forward , don't ever quote anyone but me
Hahamero wrote:Phillip if you're reading this don't give up!
2nr has already taken you down the road of L's.
Democracy needs you. The grassroots are afraid you will split the votes.
Moving forward , don't ever quote anyone but me
coltspeed wrote:mero wrote:Phillip if you're reading this don't give up!
2nr has already taken you down the road of L's.
Democracy needs you. The grassroots are afraid you will split the votes.
Moving forward , don't ever quote anyone but me
Its about time he took a rest. He will be back at the right time, for now the others have to show their worth and make their voices as strong as his, The party cannot be led by one but by many as strong as him, Its their time to raise the bar from where he left it.
Alexander: Lawsuits made me quit as PEP leader
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/alexander-lawsuits-made-me-quit-as-pep-leader-6.2.1853751.c2ee5a2e06
Former Progressive Empowerment Party leader Phillip Alexander has confirmed that the recent successful lawsuits against him by Finance Minister Colm Imbert and Patriotic Front leader Mickela Panday were what caused him to quit public life and resign as PEP leader.
Alexander confirmed this to Guardian Media on Thursday following a query about his decision to resign, which he announced last Sunday.
In October, the court ordered Alexander to pay Imbert $525,000 in damages after losing a defamation case concerning false allegations against Imbert in 2020.
On Tuesday, Alexander was ordered by the court to pay $850,000 in compensation to Panday for defamation for false remarks about Panday preceding the 2020 general elections.
Asked if this caused the decision to quit public life, Alexander said,”Absolutely. “
He claimed,”The use of the courts to silence political opponents should be a worry to every free-thinking citizen of T&T. I’ll be saying more on this in the near future.”
In a subsequent statement, Alexander said, “Members of the public have been noticing these seemingly endless lawsuits and accompanying awards and have been asking me about them. Some have asked if this is in any way connected to me stepping out of politics. The short answer is yes.I needed to insulate the party we built while I attempted to deal with all of it.”
“There have in fact been ten of these lawsuits in different stages of completion. I believe it is time the public was made aware and brought up to date with all of it and the hundreds of thousands in legal fees alone it has cost so far.
Alexander, who had said he would be hosting a press conference in the near future to share whatever he can, also said, “Because of my voice, there is a Commission of Enquiry into the divers’ deaths at Paria. Because of my voice, people of every race and class could once again use Wildflower Park without being chased by security guards. Because of my voice, the handicapped have reserved parking spaces. Because of my voice, no one dies due to vehicular accidents at Gandhi Village roundabout any more. Pitbulls no longer maul children to death and the Children’s Authority Act was passed into law.”
“I am the voice that etched Akiel Chambers and Andrea Bharatt’s names into permanent history, so no one forgets. Diego Martin residents no longer take hours to get home. Moruga got its roads repaired and upper Rich Plain got water for the first time in 62 years. Without holding public office, I ‘ve done more for more people for free than any other politician alive or dead,” Alexander added, thanking everyone for support.
Also among those moving off the scene, blogger Rhoda Bharath confirmed on a recent video that it would be the last “live” from her for awhile and she couldn’t say exactly when she’d be back doing a “live”.
She said she’d talk about certain topics on that show before she took a hiatus from social media as she needed to take a break and it was “important and imperative” to take that break.
Bharath was spotlighted in October when found guilty of contempt regarding an August court order that restrained her from re-publishing certain defamatory statements made against former police commissioner Gary Griffith.
maj. tom wrote:Alexander: Lawsuits made me quit as PEP leader
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/alexander-lawsuits-made-me-quit-as-pep-leader-6.2.1853751.c2ee5a2e06
Former Progressive Empowerment Party leader Phillip Alexander has confirmed that the recent successful lawsuits against him by Finance Minister Colm Imbert and Patriotic Front leader Mickela Panday were what caused him to quit public life and resign as PEP leader.
Alexander confirmed this to Guardian Media on Thursday following a query about his decision to resign, which he announced last Sunday.
In October, the court ordered Alexander to pay Imbert $525,000 in damages after losing a defamation case concerning false allegations against Imbert in 2020.
On Tuesday, Alexander was ordered by the court to pay $850,000 in compensation to Panday for defamation for false remarks about Panday preceding the 2020 general elections.
Asked if this caused the decision to quit public life, Alexander said,”Absolutely. “
He claimed,”The use of the courts to silence political opponents should be a worry to every free-thinking citizen of T&T. I’ll be saying more on this in the near future.”
In a subsequent statement, Alexander said, “Members of the public have been noticing these seemingly endless lawsuits and accompanying awards and have been asking me about them. Some have asked if this is in any way connected to me stepping out of politics. The short answer is yes.I needed to insulate the party we built while I attempted to deal with all of it.”
“There have in fact been ten of these lawsuits in different stages of completion. I believe it is time the public was made aware and brought up to date with all of it and the hundreds of thousands in legal fees alone it has cost so far.
Alexander, who had said he would be hosting a press conference in the near future to share whatever he can, also said, “Because of my voice, there is a Commission of Enquiry into the divers’ deaths at Paria. Because of my voice, people of every race and class could once again use Wildflower Park without being chased by security guards. Because of my voice, the handicapped have reserved parking spaces. Because of my voice, no one dies due to vehicular accidents at Gandhi Village roundabout any more. Pitbulls no longer maul children to death and the Children’s Authority Act was passed into law.”
“I am the voice that etched Akiel Chambers and Andrea Bharatt’s names into permanent history, so no one forgets. Diego Martin residents no longer take hours to get home. Moruga got its roads repaired and upper Rich Plain got water for the first time in 62 years. Without holding public office, I ‘ve done more for more people for free than any other politician alive or dead,” Alexander added, thanking everyone for support.
Also among those moving off the scene, blogger Rhoda Bharath confirmed on a recent video that it would be the last “live” from her for awhile and she couldn’t say exactly when she’d be back doing a “live”.
She said she’d talk about certain topics on that show before she took a hiatus from social media as she needed to take a break and it was “important and imperative” to take that break.
Bharath was spotlighted in October when found guilty of contempt regarding an August court order that restrained her from re-publishing certain defamatory statements made against former police commissioner Gary Griffith.
pugboy wrote:borat will get assistance to pay her bills
make no mistake about that
K74T wrote:Nope she deactivated both her personal profile and newsauce page.
bluefete wrote:So how come Anil Roberts never get sued in court?
Dat man does be calling Rowley all kinda names and t'ing. Doh talk about small pin. All de people pussonal business he does be bussing and not a word or pre-action protocol letter.
He is a high ranking freemason or what?
pugboy wrote:he does insult but not say libelous stuffbluefete wrote:So how come Anil Roberts never get sued in court?
Dat man does be calling Rowley all kinda names and t'ing. Doh talk about small pin. All de people pussonal business he does be bussing and not a word or pre-action protocol letter.
He is a high ranking freemason or what?
On Thursday, Justices of Appeal Peter Rajkumar, Ronnie Boodoosingh and Maria Wilson set aside the orders of Justice Carol Gobin and ordered him to pay Gabriel only $10,000.
In May 2019, Alexander was ordered to pay $525,000 in compensatory damages for hurt feelings and loss of reputation and a separate award of $250,000 in aggravated damages over statements the former PEP leader made on a radio programme and his Facebook page in February and April 2017.
In their ruling, the three judges said the first statement was not defamatory of Gabriel, and while the second statement did bear a defamatory meaning “in their proper context, the ordinary reasonable reader would not have construed (the words) to have referred to his family.”
Rajkumar [..] said the award was “outside the reasonable range for defamation of this nature.
“An award of such magnitude could only serve to have a chilling effect on the constitutional rights to freedom of expression and freedom and the right to express political views.
“For all the reasons above the award could not be justified and neither could any further award of exemplary damages.”
PNM propAlphaMan wrote:**Breaking News**
Phillip Alexander returns and assumes leadership of his party once again this time throwing his support behind the UNC for the next general election and endorses Kamla Persad Bissessar Sc as the next Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
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