AG’s alleged witness tampering

[De Dragon]

if allyuh ent pickup what went on there. they try to make themselves elites. above reproach aeven by the law or court order. trinis sleeping on theyself. this government needs a sudden removal. an instant removal. right now we just giving them time to cover their tracks.

You have it bad for the PP boy.........

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

if allyuh ent pickup what went on there. they try to make themselves elites. above reproach aeven by the law or court order. trinis sleeping on theyself. this government needs a sudden removal. an instant removal. right now we just giving them time to cover their tracks.

You have it bad for the PP boy.........

I can respect people who view politics from a neutral perspective. Those who are willing to change their votes for the betterment of their country.

However history has shown that in Trini, there is a lot of nasty hate and disrespect towards Madam Prime Minister because of personal reasons. Some of the people actually dislike her and openly preach hate towards her because she is a woman, and it has happened just last year by so called religious leaders preaching hate to their followers saying god does not approve of a woman being Prime Minister. LOL so lets see how the local feminists vote.

[zoom rader]

if allyuh ent pickup what went on there. they try to make themselves elites. above reproach aeven by the law or court order. trinis sleeping on theyself. this government needs a sudden removal. an instant removal. right now we just giving them time to cover their tracks.

You have it bad for the PP boy.........

but the guy said he's not a PNM.
This ched is amazing all them closet homosexual PNMITES coming out one by one

Rfari only pimping dem one by one

[UML]

Who was the undisclosed Lawyer and Politician that Mr West mentioned he spoke to after this unfolded?

[zoom rader]

Who was the undisclosed Lawyer and Politician that Mr West mentioned he spoke to after this unfolded?

You have to wait till Habit7 get into work,
Internet cheaper at his job place

[Habit7]

Who was the undisclosed Lawyer and Politician that Mr West mentioned he spoke to after this unfolded?

source?

[rfari]

if allyuh ent pickup what went on there. they try to make themselves elites. above reproach aeven by the law or court order. trinis sleeping on theyself. this government needs a sudden removal. an instant removal. right now we just giving them time to cover their tracks.

You have it bad for the PP boy.........

I can respect people who view politics from a neutral perspective. Those who are willing to change their votes for the betterment of their country.

However history has shown that in Trini, there is a lot of nasty hate and disrespect towards Madam Prime Minister because of personal reasons. Some of the people actually dislike her and openly preach hate towards her because she is a woman, and it has happened just last year by so called religious leaders preaching hate to their followers saying god does not approve of a woman being Prime Minister. LOL so lets see how the local feminists vote.

You are invaluable

[sMASH]

My perspective on griffith resignation is that in the odd chance that both he and west were lying, he would be out of authority until it is proven one way or the other.
If after he is shown to be truthful, then he should have all rights back to MoNS... Which should make the present MoNS, acting.
even if anan@gmail.com is proven correct (in this matter) he should regain his position.

Hardest thing is that section 34 is enough misconduct in public office.

Is just like if a landlord raises rent: they can't raise it too high within a period, a judge csn determine that it is an unjustified price hike. Even though the landlord supposed to b able to charge whether ever they want.
In the same way, although the ministers have the power to make whatever law they want, it supposed to hqve somebody to say that they can't make a law like that, and if they do, any actions carried out by it is null and void.


Can th ministers be sued for abuse of power in the scenario of the section 34?

[UML]

Who was the undisclosed Lawyer and Politician that Mr West mentioned he spoke to after this unfolded?

source?

nah yuh chupid for two

My perspective on griffith resignation is that in the odd chance that both he and west were lying, he would be out of authority until it is proven one way or the other.
If after he is shown to be truthful, then he should have all rights back to MoNS... Which should make the present MoNS, acting.
even if anan@gmail.com is proven correct (in this matter) he should regain his position.

Hardest thing is that section 34 is enough misconduct in public office.

Is just like if a landlord raises rent: they can't raise it too high within a period, a judge csn determine that it is an unjustified price hike. Even though the landlord supposed to b able to charge whether ever they want.
In the same way, although the ministers have the power to make whatever law they want, it supposed to hqve somebody to say that they can't make a law like that, and if they do, any actions carried out by it is null and void.


Can th ministers be sued for abuse of power in the scenario of the section 34?

other than the PNM propaganda and that they agreed to it.....do you actually know what was the reason for Section 34?

[rfari]

What made section 34 infamous?

[UML]

What made section 34 infamous?

PNM political propaganda and misinformation

Who was the undisclosed Lawyer and Politician that Mr West mentioned he spoke to after this unfolded?

Onus on West to tell Carmona

Timothy: Case involvement a key detail...

Geisha Kowlessar

Published:
Wednesday, February 4, 2015


Former Senate President Timothy Hamel-Smith agrees with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s assertion that Police Complaints Authority director David West should have notified someone that he was involved in the witness-tampering matter in the defamation lawsuit between former Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley. However, he says rather than telling the Prime Minister, West should have notified President Anthony Carmona.

In announcing the removal on Monday night of Ramlogan and national security minister Gary Griffith as a result of the imbroglio that involved the Offices of the Attorney General and the PCA, the PM criticised West and Rowley for not indicating to her West involvement in the defamation matter.

She said while she could not remove West from office, he could possibly have prevented the current fiasco by letting her know in the first place. She added that West’s remaining in the chair could also possibly taint the forthcoming police probe of his complaint against the former AG. Speaking at his Albion Street, Port-of-Spain, law offices yesterday, Hamel-Smith said he agreed with that.

“Assuming that West did not tell the President, then that would have been a shortcoming,” Hamel-Smith told the T&T Guardian yesterday as he addressed questions on whether Persad-Bissessar’s call for West to step aside were justified.

“I could see the Prime Minister being very peeved about that fact that it wasn’t put on the table but I thought as opposed to her saying it should have come from the leader of the Opposition it should have come from West himself to the President then from the President outward.” He added: “There was a duty on West to make that known.”

Persad-Bissessar consulted with Rowley on West’s suitability for the PCA post when it became vacant last year and after both agreed his name was forwarded to Carmona. Yesterday, Hamel-Smith said if he were Carmona, he would now call in West to get a statement from him.

Stunned at Senate removal
On his removal from the Senate chair, Hamel-Smith, a senior member of the Congress of the People, said he was left with very little choice but to resign upon the instructions of leader of Government Business in the Senate Ganga Singh. But he said Singh was simply carrying out the orders of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. He admitted to there being unanswered questions on why he was asked to resign, saying he was stunned by the request when Singh visited his home on Sunday.

“From my perspective, she having expressed her desire that I resign... because she appointed me... she felt for whatever reason that she needed a change, that I certainly could not withhold my resignation and therefore I tendered my resignation to the clerk of the Senate because that is what the Constitution calls for and I sent a copy to the Prime Minister,” Hamel-Smith said.

Saying he knew Singh very well as the two had gone back a long way, he said he didn’t get a clear answer on why he should give up his post. “He (Singh) gave an overarching statement that the Prime Minister wanted to bring in a number of new ministers through the Senate and therefore needed space to make that appointment.

“I didn’t know what that had to do with me and remember saying to Ganga, ‘Ganga stop talking in riddles just come straight...’ I mean it must have been an embarrassing thing for him to have to do. Then he told me, ‘Look, the Prime Minister wants you to resign,’ but he did not identify anything specific,” Hamel-Smith added.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2015-02- ... ll-carmona

West, Al Rawi and Dr. Rowley MISLEAD the PRESIDENT and PM!!!



WEST MUST GO!!!!

[Habit7]

Who was the undisclosed Lawyer and Politician that Mr West mentioned he spoke to after this unfolded?

source?

nah yuh chupid for two

Name calling, that's novel.

A simple "I have no credible source, I just heard some say so on the radio" would have done. But name calling speaks even more volumes.

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

What made section 34 infamous?

PNM political propaganda and misinformation

Who was the undisclosed Lawyer and Politician that Mr West mentioned he spoke to after this unfolded?

Onus on West to tell Carmona

Timothy: Case involvement a key detail...

Geisha Kowlessar

Published:
Wednesday, February 4, 2015


Former Senate President Timothy Hamel-Smith agrees with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s assertion that Police Complaints Authority director David West should have notified someone that he was involved in the witness-tampering matter in the defamation lawsuit between former Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley. However, he says rather than telling the Prime Minister, West should have notified President Anthony Carmona.

In announcing the removal on Monday night of Ramlogan and national security minister Gary Griffith as a result of the imbroglio that involved the Offices of the Attorney General and the PCA, the PM criticised West and Rowley for not indicating to her West involvement in the defamation matter.

She said while she could not remove West from office, he could possibly have prevented the current fiasco by letting her know in the first place. She added that West’s remaining in the chair could also possibly taint the forthcoming police probe of his complaint against the former AG. Speaking at his Albion Street, Port-of-Spain, law offices yesterday, Hamel-Smith said he agreed with that.

“Assuming that West did not tell the President, then that would have been a shortcoming,” Hamel-Smith told the T&T Guardian yesterday as he addressed questions on whether Persad-Bissessar’s call for West to step aside were justified.

“I could see the Prime Minister being very peeved about that fact that it wasn’t put on the table but I thought as opposed to her saying it should have come from the leader of the Opposition it should have come from West himself to the President then from the President outward.” He added: “There was a duty on West to make that known.”

Persad-Bissessar consulted with Rowley on West’s suitability for the PCA post when it became vacant last year and after both agreed his name was forwarded to Carmona. Yesterday, Hamel-Smith said if he were Carmona, he would now call in West to get a statement from him.

Stunned at Senate removal
On his removal from the Senate chair, Hamel-Smith, a senior member of the Congress of the People, said he was left with very little choice but to resign upon the instructions of leader of Government Business in the Senate Ganga Singh. But he said Singh was simply carrying out the orders of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. He admitted to there being unanswered questions on why he was asked to resign, saying he was stunned by the request when Singh visited his home on Sunday.

“From my perspective, she having expressed her desire that I resign... because she appointed me... she felt for whatever reason that she needed a change, that I certainly could not withhold my resignation and therefore I tendered my resignation to the clerk of the Senate because that is what the Constitution calls for and I sent a copy to the Prime Minister,” Hamel-Smith said.

Saying he knew Singh very well as the two had gone back a long way, he said he didn’t get a clear answer on why he should give up his post. “He (Singh) gave an overarching statement that the Prime Minister wanted to bring in a number of new ministers through the Senate and therefore needed space to make that appointment.

“I didn’t know what that had to do with me and remember saying to Ganga, ‘Ganga stop talking in riddles just come straight...’ I mean it must have been an embarrassing thing for him to have to do. Then he told me, ‘Look, the Prime Minister wants you to resign,’ but he did not identify anything specific,” Hamel-Smith added.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2015-02- ... ll-carmona

West, Al Rawi and Dr. Rowley MISLEAD the PRESIDENT and PM!!!



WEST MUST GO!!!!

http://www.guardian.co.tt/columnist/201 ... party-done

All the evidence of being politically dead was scrolled across the face and occupied the being of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as she sought to lead the living to the political graveyard in a dance of death, political death to be sure.

It was the danse macabre in motion as the Prime Minister fired, reshuffled the pack and sought desperately to engage the living, whom she hopes will save her, the United National Congress and the Congress of the People (the latter now existing in a comatose state) from the wrath of the electorate taken for a ride by the People’s Partnership of 2010.

This tragi-comedy has all of the ingredients which exist in the DNA of the diseased political culture: corruption, nepotism, political skullduggery, messianic worship of leaders, riotous comedy, the dismantling of institutions, the cabinet being the foremost of those, the playing of the race game, naked electioneering, all taking precedence over sound judgment in a Prime Minister seeking to bring quality governance to a country.

In 2010, Manning and the PNM were overtaken by the diseased politics of messianic leadership; Manning’s attempts to return in 2015 without redemption, without holy water poured on him, is confirmation of the political “malcadee” that afflicts the polity of T&T.

Now in government, a body which better facilitates the opportunities for the cancer to spread to the economy, the polity, into law-making and in the social, cultural and ethnic relations of the society, the politics of the UNC and the COP is threatening to contaminate the society.

The evidence of the claim of corrupted political culture was displayed in the Prime Minister’s statement. Forced at last, as in the instance of Jack Warner, to relieve the country of Ramlogan, she went as far as she could to protect her chosen one; the one she was warned against but considered his political loyalty to be a more important disposition to all other considerations, said David Abdulah.

She could barely utter a word of criticism against Ramlogan, who it must not be forgotten, is at the centre of the bacchanal. Instead she sought to transfer blame to Griffith and Rowley for not bringing matters to her attention but left out her Attorney General even though he had every opportunity and responsibility to inform her of David West’s witness statement.

She saved some of her severest criticism for West, who dared to accuse the chosen one. And typical of the political blame game that is politics in T&T, the Prime Minister sought to make the Leader of the Opposition the chief offender: if he had only informed her before she agreed to appoint West to the PCA, all of this would have been avoided; Ramlogan would have behaved himself and she the Queen, the innocent and much-wronged party, would have scuttled it all.

A classic example of “unresponsibility” for her own constitutional duty to thoroughly scrutinise appointments to senior state positions; no different from her appointment of Reshmi; her plucking of a volatile and voluble Volney from the judiciary and several other misfits she has placed in the cabinet and elsewhere in the state sector.

Similarly, most of her choices for replacements are in the main determined by Anancy politics and an election campaign in which her UNC has to perform miracles to recapture the East-West Corridor. The new political leader of NJAC is slipped in; a lightweight attorney (Garvin Nicholas) is made attorney general; he is likely to be compliant and he could do with a little exposure if he is to contest the Diego Martin North-East seat.

Brent Sancho, the new black man, reportedly being cultivated to be handed a seat in a UNC Indo-dominated Chaguanas East. Christine Newallo-Hosein, someone brought into the politics by Warner and someone who possesses the right mixture of ethnicity and name to contest Tunapuna, forget the COP.

Oh, incidentally, she gave more sense of significance to COP leader, Prakash, more weight to indulge and delude himself of having political significance, while downgrading “Hurricane George” whose fury has fizzled.

And yes Stacy, you have to be moved out of the way as the ministry awards a lucrative contract to a friendly contractor who is expected to “run something.” Of all the new appointments made there can be justification for only one, retired Brigadier General Carl Alfonso, and that is understandable, it is one portfolio that cannot allow for any further slippage in the pre-election months ahead. One expects that the retired Brigadier will not in any way sully his outstanding service to date.

The Prime Minister’s dance of death was inevitable. She and her government have spent almost five years engaging in the most destructive politics conceivable. The present melodrama, which will only expand, is the natural culmination. The Government has effectively collapsed in office and if the previous calls for naming the election date now were provocative, they are now justified.

In the same manner as she articulated that her AG and National Security Minister cannot function, having been severely compromised, the Government is similarly compromised and therefore cannot stand.

[UML]

Who was the undisclosed Lawyer and Politician that Mr West mentioned he spoke to after this unfolded?

source?

nah yuh chupid for two

Name calling, that's novel.

A simple "I have no credible source, I just heard some say so on the radio" would have done. But name calling speaks even more volumes.

West seeks

legal advice


Immediately following the telephone conversation with Ramlogan, West sought legal advice about the request for the witness statement in the defamation matter to be withdrawn, the Sunday Express learned.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/No- ... 94801.html

ALso interesting.....

As was customary, I advised Inspector Williams, who was the complainant in the extradition matter, to arrest Ferguson and Galbaransingh since their bail had now ceased.

I advised the Attorney General of my instruction to Inspector Williams. The Attorney General asked me how I could issue that instruction without telling him; he advised me that only he could make the request to the police.

He then instructed me to rescind my instruction, which I did.

After the hearing the Attorney General had a conversation with me and instructed me not to get involved in the Piarco extradition matter again

West, however, said notwithstanding the instruction, he continued to pay attention and follow the progress of the Piarco extradition matter.

.....seems like West had a political agenda (and was following instructions given to him) and would have them extradited even if it was illegal to do so

...looks like West himself "leaked" the information to the Gumbs

just like he held onto the information until he got the position..just like emailgate!!

[newto4x4]

BOSS OF AN ARTICLE


Kamla fighting back

By Ralph Maraj



Story Created: Feb 3, 2015 at 9:09 PM ECT
(
Story Updated: Feb 3, 2015 at 9:09 PM ECT )


Kamla Persad-Bissessar has grown as a leader, gravitas increasing. Baptised by political turbulence, she is now adept at managing crisis. After the loss of Chaguanas West, she steadied herself. She later displayed remarkable nerve amidst mounting calls for the departure of Anil Roberts, timing his leaving well, preventing his triggering a by-election in marginal D’Abadie/O’Meara at a time when the Government was on a losing streak. She then spearheaded the contentious Constitution (Amendment) Bill, facing the full brunt of the firing line herself. She has emerged the undisputed leader of her Government and party, undoubtedly “man” in her own house.

Her authority was on full display on Monday night. She brought an end to the dark tenure of Anand Ramlogan as attorney general, sent the erratic Gary Griffith and several others packing, and made new appointments, all intended to refloat her ship which has run aground with general election months away. It is left to be seen whether the refloat will succeed.

But don’t count Kamla out. She has now put Keith Rowley under the gun. She wants to know whether, when David West was being considered for the post of PCA director, the Opposition Leader did not consider he had a “moral obligation” to inform her and the President that Mr West was his witness in a defamatory suit brought by the former attorney general. She is not the only one asking. Suzanne Mills in the Newsday very poignantly enquires: “Did Dr Rowley not think it injudicious to give his nod to a candidate who was his material witness in a lawsuit? Wasn’t he aware that many might conclude he was selecting West because West was helping him? Was it not his responsibility to say he could not back the candidacy because West was his witness and it concerned him that the perception could be that the PCA director who should be independent was politically biased?”

The Prime Minister says had there been a disclosure by the Opposition Leader the conflict of interest would have been declared. She therefore wonders whether there was “any deliberate attempt to hoodwink His Excellency and the Prime Minister in making the appointment by such nondisclosure.” Dr Rowley must answer.

The lady is fighting back. She is also calling for the resignation of Mr West, insisting that his position has been severely compromised. She wants to know why Mr West, when offered the PCA position, did not make it known to her or the President that he was a witness for the Opposition Leader in the defamation suit. On the alleged attempted bribe by Anand Ramlogan, the PM wants to know why Mr West waited “until now to make public this matter?”

Others have also commented. In the Guardian, Gail Alexander writes Mr West’s witness statement “may cast him in a certain light”; and an Express editorial finds it “troublingly questionable” that it has taken nearly three months for Mr West to report the matter of the attempted bribe and that he did so only after the publication of the Sunday Express story, concluding that “Mr West can hardly enjoy any stature of public-spirited heroism”. And Mr West himself raises further questions. He refuses to answer the simple question whether possible links to the People’s National Movement (PNM) influenced his decision to file a statement with the police against Mr Ramlogan.

David West must be very careful. Increasingly he seems like the fragile grass that gets trampled when elephants battle. To understand what he is dealing with, Mr West must consider who could have leaked the story to the Express that Mr Ramlogan sought to bribe him, and who stood to benefit not only from its leaking but also from his reporting the matter to the police. He must recall who clamoured most for him to make the report. He must determine whether he was being manipulated or he acted on his own volition. If the latter is the case, his inner strength will protect him. If not, I am very concerned for my former Naparima College student. I hope the PNM is concerned as well. If he is removed, his blood could be on their hands.

It is clear now that elections will be held as close as possible to September since the Partnership will want the memory of Mr Ramlogan and others to fade. They will also want the refurbished face of the Government to positively impact the population, particularly the mixed and floating voters. And most of all, they will want their best asset, the Prime Minister, to again save the day. She might. Kamla is fighting back.


http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commenta ... 24391.html

[rfari]

What made section 34 infamous?

PNM political propaganda and misinformation

[/quote]
So other than that it was righteous from tabling to proclamation?

[UML]

What made section 34 infamous?

PNM political propaganda and misinformation

Who was the undisclosed Lawyer and Politician that Mr West mentioned he spoke to after this unfolded?

Onus on West to tell Carmona

Timothy: Case involvement a key detail...

Geisha Kowlessar

Published:
Wednesday, February 4, 2015


Former Senate President Timothy Hamel-Smith agrees with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s assertion that Police Complaints Authority director David West should have notified someone that he was involved in the witness-tampering matter in the defamation lawsuit between former Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley. However, he says rather than telling the Prime Minister, West should have notified President Anthony Carmona.

In announcing the removal on Monday night of Ramlogan and national security minister Gary Griffith as a result of the imbroglio that involved the Offices of the Attorney General and the PCA, the PM criticised West and Rowley for not indicating to her West involvement in the defamation matter.

She said while she could not remove West from office, he could possibly have prevented the current fiasco by letting her know in the first place. She added that West’s remaining in the chair could also possibly taint the forthcoming police probe of his complaint against the former AG. Speaking at his Albion Street, Port-of-Spain, law offices yesterday, Hamel-Smith said he agreed with that.

“Assuming that West did not tell the President, then that would have been a shortcoming,” Hamel-Smith told the T&T Guardian yesterday as he addressed questions on whether Persad-Bissessar’s call for West to step aside were justified.

“I could see the Prime Minister being very peeved about that fact that it wasn’t put on the table but I thought as opposed to her saying it should have come from the leader of the Opposition it should have come from West himself to the President then from the President outward.” He added: “There was a duty on West to make that known.”

Persad-Bissessar consulted with Rowley on West’s suitability for the PCA post when it became vacant last year and after both agreed his name was forwarded to Carmona. Yesterday, Hamel-Smith said if he were Carmona, he would now call in West to get a statement from him.

Stunned at Senate removal
On his removal from the Senate chair, Hamel-Smith, a senior member of the Congress of the People, said he was left with very little choice but to resign upon the instructions of leader of Government Business in the Senate Ganga Singh. But he said Singh was simply carrying out the orders of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. He admitted to there being unanswered questions on why he was asked to resign, saying he was stunned by the request when Singh visited his home on Sunday.

“From my perspective, she having expressed her desire that I resign... because she appointed me... she felt for whatever reason that she needed a change, that I certainly could not withhold my resignation and therefore I tendered my resignation to the clerk of the Senate because that is what the Constitution calls for and I sent a copy to the Prime Minister,” Hamel-Smith said.

Saying he knew Singh very well as the two had gone back a long way, he said he didn’t get a clear answer on why he should give up his post. “He (Singh) gave an overarching statement that the Prime Minister wanted to bring in a number of new ministers through the Senate and therefore needed space to make that appointment.

“I didn’t know what that had to do with me and remember saying to Ganga, ‘Ganga stop talking in riddles just come straight...’ I mean it must have been an embarrassing thing for him to have to do. Then he told me, ‘Look, the Prime Minister wants you to resign,’ but he did not identify anything specific,” Hamel-Smith added.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2015-02- ... ll-carmona

West, Al Rawi and Dr. Rowley MISLEAD the PRESIDENT and PM!!!



WEST MUST GO!!!!

http://www.guardian.co.tt/columnist/201 ... party-done

All the evidence of being politically dead was scrolled across the face and occupied the being of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as she sought to lead the living to the political graveyard in a dance of death, political death to be sure.

It was the danse macabre in motion as the Prime Minister fired, reshuffled the pack and sought desperately to engage the living, whom she hopes will save her, the United National Congress and the Congress of the People (the latter now existing in a comatose state) from the wrath of the electorate taken for a ride by the People’s Partnership of 2010.

This tragi-comedy has all of the ingredients which exist in the DNA of the diseased political culture: corruption, nepotism, political skullduggery, messianic worship of leaders, riotous comedy, the dismantling of institutions, the cabinet being the foremost of those, the playing of the race game, naked electioneering, all taking precedence over sound judgment in a Prime Minister seeking to bring quality governance to a country.

In 2010, Manning and the PNM were overtaken by the diseased politics of messianic leadership; Manning’s attempts to return in 2015 without redemption, without holy water poured on him, is confirmation of the political “malcadee” that afflicts the polity of T&T.

Now in government, a body which better facilitates the opportunities for the cancer to spread to the economy, the polity, into law-making and in the social, cultural and ethnic relations of the society, the politics of the UNC and the COP is threatening to contaminate the society.

The evidence of the claim of corrupted political culture was displayed in the Prime Minister’s statement. Forced at last, as in the instance of Jack Warner, to relieve the country of Ramlogan, she went as far as she could to protect her chosen one; the one she was warned against but considered his political loyalty to be a more important disposition to all other considerations, said David Abdulah.

She could barely utter a word of criticism against Ramlogan, who it must not be forgotten, is at the centre of the bacchanal. Instead she sought to transfer blame to Griffith and Rowley for not bringing matters to her attention but left out her Attorney General even though he had every opportunity and responsibility to inform her of David West’s witness statement.

She saved some of her severest criticism for West, who dared to accuse the chosen one. And typical of the political blame game that is politics in T&T, the Prime Minister sought to make the Leader of the Opposition the chief offender: if he had only informed her before she agreed to appoint West to the PCA, all of this would have been avoided; Ramlogan would have behaved himself and she the Queen, the innocent and much-wronged party, would have scuttled it all.

A classic example of “unresponsibility” for her own constitutional duty to thoroughly scrutinise appointments to senior state positions; no different from her appointment of Reshmi; her plucking of a volatile and voluble Volney from the judiciary and several other misfits she has placed in the cabinet and elsewhere in the state sector.

Similarly, most of her choices for replacements are in the main determined by Anancy politics and an election campaign in which her UNC has to perform miracles to recapture the East-West Corridor. The new political leader of NJAC is slipped in; a lightweight attorney (Garvin Nicholas) is made attorney general; he is likely to be compliant and he could do with a little exposure if he is to contest the Diego Martin North-East seat.

Brent Sancho, the new black man, reportedly being cultivated to be handed a seat in a UNC Indo-dominated Chaguanas East. Christine Newallo-Hosein, someone brought into the politics by Warner and someone who possesses the right mixture of ethnicity and name to contest Tunapuna, forget the COP.

Oh, incidentally, she gave more sense of significance to COP leader, Prakash, more weight to indulge and delude himself of having political significance, while downgrading “Hurricane George” whose fury has fizzled.

And yes Stacy, you have to be moved out of the way as the ministry awards a lucrative contract to a friendly contractor who is expected to “run something.” Of all the new appointments made there can be justification for only one, retired Brigadier General Carl Alfonso, and that is understandable, it is one portfolio that cannot allow for any further slippage in the pre-election months ahead. One expects that the retired Brigadier will not in any way sully his outstanding service to date.

The Prime Minister’s dance of death was inevitable. She and her government have spent almost five years engaging in the most destructive politics conceivable. The present melodrama, which will only expand, is the natural culmination. The Government has effectively collapsed in office and if the previous calls for naming the election date now were provocative, they are now justified.

In the same manner as she articulated that her AG and National Security Minister cannot function, having been severely compromised, the Government is similarly compromised and therefore cannot stand.

i dealing with evidence and facts and what was reported and u providing the opinions of a columnist?!!!


by the way namely what u highlighted......... if you read or listened to the PM statement...she mentioned that Mr Griffith and Mr Ramlogan were supposed to tell her of their involvement in the witness statement

[UML]

BOSS OF AN ARTICLE


Kamla fighting back

By Ralph Maraj



Story Created: Feb 3, 2015 at 9:09 PM ECT
(
Story Updated: Feb 3, 2015 at 9:09 PM ECT )


Kamla Persad-Bissessar has grown as a leader, gravitas increasing. Baptised by political turbulence, she is now adept at managing crisis. After the loss of Chaguanas West, she steadied herself. She later displayed remarkable nerve amidst mounting calls for the departure of Anil Roberts, timing his leaving well, preventing his triggering a by-election in marginal D’Abadie/O’Meara at a time when the Government was on a losing streak. She then spearheaded the contentious Constitution (Amendment) Bill, facing the full brunt of the firing line herself. She has emerged the undisputed leader of her Government and party, undoubtedly “man” in her own house.

Her authority was on full display on Monday night. She brought an end to the dark tenure of Anand Ramlogan as attorney general, sent the erratic Gary Griffith and several others packing, and made new appointments, all intended to refloat her ship which has run aground with general election months away. It is left to be seen whether the refloat will succeed.

But don’t count Kamla out. She has now put Keith Rowley under the gun. She wants to know whether, when David West was being considered for the post of PCA director, the Opposition Leader did not consider he had a “moral obligation” to inform her and the President that Mr West was his witness in a defamatory suit brought by the former attorney general. She is not the only one asking. Suzanne Mills in the Newsday very poignantly enquires: “Did Dr Rowley not think it injudicious to give his nod to a candidate who was his material witness in a lawsuit? Wasn’t he aware that many might conclude he was selecting West because West was helping him? Was it not his responsibility to say he could not back the candidacy because West was his witness and it concerned him that the perception could be that the PCA director who should be independent was politically biased?”

The Prime Minister says had there been a disclosure by the Opposition Leader the conflict of interest would have been declared. She therefore wonders whether there was “any deliberate attempt to hoodwink His Excellency and the Prime Minister in making the appointment by such nondisclosure.” Dr Rowley must answer.

The lady is fighting back. She is also calling for the resignation of Mr West, insisting that his position has been severely compromised. She wants to know why Mr West, when offered the PCA position, did not make it known to her or the President that he was a witness for the Opposition Leader in the defamation suit. On the alleged attempted bribe by Anand Ramlogan, the PM wants to know why Mr West waited “until now to make public this matter?”

Others have also commented. In the Guardian, Gail Alexander writes Mr West’s witness statement “may cast him in a certain light”; and an Express editorial finds it “troublingly questionable” that it has taken nearly three months for Mr West to report the matter of the attempted bribe and that he did so only after the publication of the Sunday Express story, concluding that “Mr West can hardly enjoy any stature of public-spirited heroism”. And Mr West himself raises further questions. He refuses to answer the simple question whether possible links to the People’s National Movement (PNM) influenced his decision to file a statement with the police against Mr Ramlogan.

David West must be very careful. Increasingly he seems like the fragile grass that gets trampled when elephants battle. To understand what he is dealing with, Mr West must consider who could have leaked the story to the Express that Mr Ramlogan sought to bribe him, and who stood to benefit not only from its leaking but also from his reporting the matter to the police. He must recall who clamoured most for him to make the report. He must determine whether he was being manipulated or he acted on his own volition. If the latter is the case, his inner strength will protect him. If not, I am very concerned for my former Naparima College student. I hope the PNM is concerned as well. If he is removed, his blood could be on their hands.

It is clear now that elections will be held as close as possible to September since the Partnership will want the memory of Mr Ramlogan and others to fade. They will also want the refurbished face of the Government to positively impact the population, particularly the mixed and floating voters. And most of all, they will want their best asset, the Prime Minister, to again save the day. She might. Kamla is fighting back.


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they will do anything to get back in power...lies like Emailgate...lies to the president and pm....race talk....spying....withholding information from authorities..............releasing information to the media......ANYTHING!!!!

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

UML try to keep up please. The bolder part was in reference to West being a witness not with respect to the attempt to have him withdraw his witness statement.

The Honourable KPB said West should have told her he was a witness. She said that Rowley should have told her West was a witness. Meanwhile Ramlogan knew West was a witness. Ramlogan is her advisor. She would have known via Ramlogan. Her stating that Rowley should have told her is smoke and mirrors. Try not to be distracted.

[bluesclues]

if allyuh ent pickup what went on there. they try to make themselves elites. above reproach aeven by the law or court order. trinis sleeping on theyself. this government needs a sudden removal. an instant removal. right now we just giving them time to cover their tracks.

You have it bad for the PP boy.........

allyuh go change allyuh tune inno. this government involved in so much corruption. so many things were done and caught out in public. so many things have gone on since they took power that have impacted society and the peace in a very negative manner. i like to view things holistically. not just piece by individual piece. when you do that and you see how different aspects interlock and relate to oneanother, it paints a very different picture eh. so right now the deflection is away from paying attention to anand tampering with a witness to reduce the credibility of the witness. so west lied in a formal statement signed and delivered is what allyuh want ppl to focus on and gary helping him lie?

had the pm been a strong and ethical leader i would have no reason to say the things i say and percieve. it isnt about not wanting females in leadership. its that the first one we got was demonstrably weak, but worse than that.. unethical. how yuh could award yuhself silk? is best i just award myself a nobel peace prize. what value and earning is their in such an award when you grade and reward yourself?

[bluesclues]

UML try to keep up please. The bolder part was in reference to West being a witness not with respect to the attempt to have him withdraw his witness statement.

The Honourable KPB said West should have told her he was a witness. She said that Rowley should have told her West was a witness. Meanwhile Ramlogan knew West was a witness. Ramlogan is her advisor. She would have known via Ramlogan. Her stating that Rowley should have told her is smoke and mirrors. Try not to be distracted.

you must be a genius. because all of them slow to not see this. by saying she didnt know west was a witness she pull herself out of the collusion spot. just lawyers playing headgames with allyuh.

[UML]

UML try to keep up please. The bolder part was in reference to West being a witness not with respect to the attempt to have him withdraw his witness statement.

The Honourable KPB said West should have told her he was a witness. She said that Rowley should have told her West was a witness. Meanwhile Ramlogan knew West was a witness. Ramlogan is her advisor. She would have known via Ramlogan. Her stating that Rowley should have told her is smoke and mirrors. Try not to be distracted.

looks like comprehension is not your strong point


the point was being made that she criticized everyone other than Ramlogan

so everybody wrong and responsible except Rowley?

yea clearly he DOES NOT SEEK THE COUNTRY'S INTEREST!!!

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

UML try to keep up please. The bolder part was in reference to West being a witness not with respect to the attempt to have him withdraw his witness statement.

The Honourable KPB said West should have told her he was a witness. She said that Rowley should have told her West was a witness. Meanwhile Ramlogan knew West was a witness. Ramlogan is her advisor. She would have known via Ramlogan. Her stating that Rowley should have told her is smoke and mirrors. Try not to be distracted.

looks like comprehension is not your strong point


the point was being made that she criticized everyone other than Ramlogan

so everybody wrong and responsible except Rowley?

yea clearly he DOES NOT SEEK THE COUNTRY'S INTEREST!!!

Context is clearly not your strong point. The point was not that Ramlogan was not criticized at all but rather with specific reference to West being a witness in the first place.

[bluesclues]

UML try to keep up please. The bolder part was in reference to West being a witness not with respect to the attempt to have him withdraw his witness statement.

The Honourable KPB said West should have told her he was a witness. She said that Rowley should have told her West was a witness. Meanwhile Ramlogan knew West was a witness. Ramlogan is her advisor. She would have known via Ramlogan. Her stating that Rowley should have told her is smoke and mirrors. Try not to be distracted.

looks like comprehension is not your strong point


the point was being made that she criticized everyone other than Ramlogan

watch the backlash..

ppg was just lashing rowley for not making sure al wari was informed about the deadline date. they laugh. they say al wari was supposed to know and follow up.

now the roles reversed. the pm saying how rowley 'had a moral obligation to inform her west was a witness'

what a load of crock. A MORAL obligation? ohhhhh so who it is lawyer was 'sleeping' in this case. thats right.. anand. anand would have informed her. if they plan to stand up with that defense in court. go brave. she tied in through anand promise to west and saying she didnt know is so that it wont seem obvious that anand couldnt make such a promise without being in full collusion with her to make the appointment. if anand knew. she knew.

it seems there is quite a bit of perversion of justice going on. and ppg holding on to the positions that can influence outcomes. and appear to be using such influences.

[rfari]

Has anan sued the socks off express and west yet?

[UML]

Has anan sued the socks off express and west yet?

are Court decisions based on whether someone did or did not do an act?

or is it based on what is right?


so the former AG may win his case then what? The damage has already been done as with ALL other PNM Propaganda...Emailgate, NY Consulate racism allegation, Kamla $150M house, Rolls Royce, and the list goes on...


this was based on allegations..GUILTY until proven innocent!

[Habit7]

like Gary Griffith

[Hyperion]

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Are UWI students paid to post pro-Govt comments?
'Campus Chronicle' investigates...

By Faine Richards faine@mycampuschronicle.com
Story Created: Oct 9, 2011 at 9:49 PM ECT
Story Updated: Oct 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM ECT

An organisation purporting to work for the People's Partnership is allegedly paying university students to inundate newspaper websites and Internet chat forums with pro-government sentiment.
A Campus Chronicle investigation found that the organisation—known only as 'tntgoodblogs'—hires students to post reader comments below news stories on the Trinidad Express, Trinidad Guardian and Newsday websites in praise of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her government.
University students recruited for the covert propaganda campaign who spoke to the Campus Chronicle on condition of anonymity, said students are also paid to author comments or 'blogs' that attack the Opposition and counter anti-government opinions expressed by other bloggers.
In addition to receiving monetary payment, student bloggers are also promised a free BlackBerry with unlimited Internet access to allow them to frequently post comments online during classes.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Communications, Dr Suruj Rambachan, told the Campus Chronicle he was unaware that any such operation exists.
The "bloggers project" targets students at the University of the West Indies (UWI) through a series of flyers posted on notice boards across the St Augustine campus.
The flyers invite resumes from students who are "intelligent, patriotic and enjoy sharing (their) views" and who seek to "have a sense of power associated with the changing of minds (Paradigm Shift)".
"I expected being able to talk about my own opinions on current affairs, that was my first impression of it," said a female UWI student who applied for the project. "But it was totally different.
"Instead of what the flyer said about you giving your opinion, it was pretty much that they would tell you what to say," she revealed.
Neither the name of the employer nor contact information for anyone overseeing the project is disclosed on the flyer. Interested students are simply told to send an email to tntgoodblogs@hotmail.com.
In response, applicants receive a phone call from a woman who only identifies herself as Marsha.
A female UWI student said Marsha told her, "We're going to sway the ideas of the public by speaking positively about what's going on."
That objective was reiterated in detailed email instructions specifying the frequency and content of the blogs students would be paid to post online.
In addition to blogging on all three newspaper websites, the email correspondence obtained by the Campus Chronicle directed students to write in support of the People's Partnership on certain Yahoo chat groups. Two of the more popular Yahoo groups targeted by the blogging operation are 'theunitedvoice' and 'Caribbean Talk'. Both forums are devoted to discussions on politics, news and current affairs.
In one of the documents attached to the email, an unnamed author explained, "Organisations contract 'tntgoodblogs' to promote their image products. We are compensated when we provide intelligent, positive and persuasive blogs for the contracted organisations."
But three UWI students who applied for the job told the Campus Chronicle that Marsha was more explicit during telephone conversations.
"She stated the People's Partnership had hired them," one girl recalled.
When contacted by the Campus Chronicle about the bloggers project, Minister Rambachan said, "I really don't know anything about this, you're the first to bring this to my attention. I have to investigate it and see if I can get to the bottom of it."
Asked whether he was concerned that tntgoodblogs claims to be doing work for the People's Partnership, Minister Rambachan said, "There's nothing to say until I investigate it."
In an email dated July 26 and sent to a batch of ten students who applied to the bloggers project, the anonymous author directed bloggers to flood newspaper websites and chat groups with support for the resignation of then Minister of Works and Transport and FIFA Vice President Jack Warner, from the international football body.
But the students were also mandated to cast doubt on whether Minister Warner should retain his Cabinet post.
"QUERY HIS CURRENT POLITICAL STANDING," the email urged student recruits. "QUESTION HIS REMAINING IN POLITICS. (GO ANTI PEOPLE'S PARTY FOR HIM. Jack is yet to clarify the issues to the people.) His integrity is questionable, especially as the person who has much access to our resources.
"Call me for clarification if needed," the email's author added.
The students who spoke to the Campus Chronicle said that directive triggered concerns which ultimately led to their decision not to work for the bloggers project.
One student recalled, "I sat and thought about it and said, 'I don't know if I want to get involved in this.' So I decided not to, it sounded scary."
"From that point, I was like, 'something in this not right,'" said another student.
The email also instructed students to blog in favour of Minister of Health Dr Fuad Khan deciding to cease his private medical practice.
Amid concerns about a conflict of interest after it was discovered that the Minister continued to see patients while managing the nation's health system, the paid bloggers were ordered to focus attention on Minister Khan's choice to give up his private urology practice instead of his Cabinet post.
"He was called to serve in the Cabinet at short notice and accepted the call because of the crisis that exists within the health sector," the email guided students to write of the Health Minister.
Instructions in a subsequent email said, "So we should applaud him for choosing country over a self...a couple hundred sick who are in need."
Tntgoodblogs recommended that students use facts and quotations to substantiate their arguments. "Doesn't this sound like the approach for a University assignment?" the email's author remarked.
The Opposition is deliberately targeted by the bloggers project, with students being instructed to dispute statements made by other bloggers who support the People's National Movement.
"I AM GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO BATTLE HEAD ON WITH THE OPPOSITION BLOGGERS!" an email from tntgoodblogs dated August 2 told student bloggers. "YES, YOU CHOOSE OPPOSITION BLOGGERS AND TARGET THEIR BLOGS AND HIT THEM ONE FOR ONE. NO MERCY. START ARGUMENTS, BE BOLD AND STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN!!!"
One of the students who withdrew from the propaganda campaign said she had concerns about trying to obstruct the free expression of opinion.
"If you look at some of the counter blogs (that paid student bloggers post), they are really insulting to people," she told the Campus Chronicle. "For you to dissuade me from giving my opinion because you are supporting it and getting paid for it, it's not fair.
"I just think it's wrong, immoral. It's just unethical," she said.
Students who submitted neutral blogs were chastised by Marsha.
"She said if I had an issue before I could have come out and tell her but then in the same breath she contradicted herself," one student recalled, "and said how I am a rookie and I am on (a one-week) trial and I don't have a say… she gives me something to write, I have to write on it."
The underground blogging operation strictly prohibits its student bloggers from using their real names. Instead, bloggers are required to present the orchestrated comments under the guise of multiple aliases or screen names.
To create a significant pro-government presence on newspaper websites and chat forums, every student blogger is required to submit a minimum of five comments daily.
Should student bloggers pass a one-week trial period, the anonymous author of the email promised to give them "a free BlackBerry and free Internet access" to help them blog throughout the day from any location.
A female UWI student recalled discussing payment with Marsha over the phone.
"The first week would be $300, if she kept us on, and we were getting a BlackBerry with unlimited Internet and she said she ran the numbers…and I would make $3000- $4000 a month."
To independently verify the information from students interviewed during this investigation, the Campus Chronicle created an email account under a female name and sent an expression of interest to the email address displayed (tntgoodblogs@hotmail.com) on the flyers.
The following response was sent from the email account, tntgoodblogs@yahoo.com:
“Based on d (sic) tense environment now, emails like these need to be heavily screened…Note.... No resume attached but wants information. Note... ‘paid’ is used in her response but that word was never stated in flyer. Can u or anyone u kno (sic) do student searches to verify if d (sic) student is in fact part of that faculty and if that is her major.”
An hour later, a follow-up email from tntgoodblogs@hotmail.com:
“Please be advised that the previous email was sent to you in error. Can you please send a copy of your resume and a one page summary highlighting your social, political and economic affiliations and perspectives. The purpose of your summary will guide me as to where you should be placed if recruited.”
The Campus Chronicle also called the mobile contact number for Marsha. The woman who answered the phone initially hung up when asked if her name was Marsha. Upon calling again, the woman insisted her name was Nicole.
Asked if she managed the student bloggers project, she said, “You tell me, I would love to know.”
Told that her contact number was given to student bloggers as a liason for tntgoodblogs, she said “Who gave it to you? Maybe you should ask them.” The woman maintained she was a UWI student who simply sent an email to tntgoodblogs inquiring about the bloggers project, and never received a response from the organisation.
faine@mycampuschronicle.com



Somebody on Tuner working very hard for their $$$$, I must commend that person's work ethic though, typing their fingers to the bone in defence of the pp/kams/anan, etc....

[kjaglal76v2]

trinidad express is as credible as the mirror & bomb

[UML]

who me?


like u eh see i mentioned i left uwi many moons ago?

check my join date noob






nice Diversionary Tactic to take off the Heat





#truthdoesoffend