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We should take all these so called present mini stars to court for wasting our tax money, all they do is traveling all round the world. Imagine three (3) mini stars are going to Tiawan. Gor gor King, deck deck As in James who can speak neither english nor the tiawan language, so i do not know which language he will be speaking in Tiawan, what a shame for St Lucia. Mo mo Es tar fan is also going on that joy ride at our expense. Es tar fan cannot speak a word in St Lucia, what we expect him to say in Tiawan?
Another disrespectful St. Lucian!
When will we ever learn?
None of the other island residents disrespect their own like we do in St. Lucia.
I hope we ensure our children excel otherwise they will themselves be the victims of name calling. Tanto, tanto..
Only we small minded Lucians, play as if we are so holy when we hear people speak the truth. How can we be so sainty when there is so much crime be covered up in the country. What is disrespectful? You know some foolish people would kill because they say people disrespect them. I suppose you are in the U.S, did you see all the things that was said and written about Bush or even Palin(spelling). Did anybody said anything about disrespect? No we small island, small minded and slavery mentality people alway afraid to talk the truth about our masters, who begged us for a job, they are working for us and we are paying them. Stop using children as an excuse, because there is no perfect being. Work on your impurities first. You do not even know all what is happening in St Lucia, how can you talk about other islands
We are critical of our so-called leaders because we know they can do better, we are not puppets. If you look at our history you will find that St.Lucians are a people with "The Fire".
Great article and thanks for reminding me of the level of arrogance which epitomized the Kenny years. For a moment I had almost forgotten.
Kenny and Tony is a spoilt brat, who gets what he wants of else he exert tantrum behavior. His background from the slave fields of Piaye, and Balambouch is entrenched in his persona, may have something to do with the choice of surname. It is a luxury too have parents alive and well in there mid 80’s with all there scenes, and can relate historically, to the passage of times.
Ask Kenny and Tony too remember the glory days of rebellion leading to 1979, and beyond, the Grenada revolution, all the training, travels and meetings…..need not say more.
In 1979 the laws of St.Lucia was amended, etc, etc to enable him to serve as Minister of Education… oh how nice, Then you left after the spanking in the ballot box.
Much maneuvering, hand twisting and free hand was awarded for your return as the prodigal son of the Labour party to win 2 terms and enjoy all the perks of entitlement, yet you left the populist disenchanted and void, this is chronological and deep rooted--- again you were spanked by Sir John in 2006, boy or boy…has he you sweet spot or weak spot. I am currently learning from my 85 year old mother, how to spank Kenny and Tony, in the ballot box.
That’s still not enough for Kenny and Tony; the SLP constitution was legally massaged to accommodate Kenny and Tony as leader unopposed…ouch, has Hugo Chaves changed his nationality. I remember the teachings once in power or authority, one ought not to loose, be short sighted nor succumb to feeble characters, but persist and perceiver on ones terms and conditions. Vive a Fidel, long live the revolution.
It’s lovely to see you astutely embodied these traits, in the new world order, along with the stalemates in the labour movement, outdated and shortly irreverent in the new dispensation of labour and work economics, while you display no regard and little respect to you elders and mentors (remember bro George, the late great revolutionary, mentor and intellectual orator, we all would sit and listen too for hours. R.I.P my bro, you have done your share).
Kenny and Tony please stay and continue your brilliance in strategy and tactical planning for the labour party. The next round is close, Sir John, the late (may he rest in peace – a remarkable fraternal bro, of icon stature who’s work will liveth) will remember your sweet or weak spot, it’s your choice. Expect a courtesy phone call. 1 758 450….
All you taking this thing for a joke by writing all that foolishness about Kenny, but you all must realise that kenny is not the one suffering in St Lucia now, with the mess that was created by making that mistake to elect the uwp in power. Kenny is educated and can demand any reginal or international job he wants, he has already gained a pension for his two terms as PM, He is just out as PM, so he still have that saving, he is still receiving a substantial sum as leader of the opposition, his wife is a lecture at the U.W.I. and in two and a half years he will be PM again. The people in St Lucia are the ones suffering without jobs, not Kenny, we have a government which is just wasting tax payers money and doing nothing substantial in the country. You all could stay in America and talk all your nonsense but Kenny had the country moving, people was working, . We had NEVER seen so much developmemt in the history of St Lucia, as it was under Kenny. The problem was the media tagged against him, just as they did against Mrs Clinton, for Obama to win, not that i am against Obama wining . Now St Lucians are regreting that. Even Pelay who was so vocal against slp, sang a song at the finals namely "We made a mistake"
People like Springer are only trying to pull a wool over our eyes. St Lucians are smart enough to make the right decision when the next general elections are called and will vote the UWP out enmasse. Springer is a paid agent of the ruling party and his family have always supported flambeau, so his hatred for the SLP leader will not change any minds. Infact it is just an act of desperation by him. If he were fair and true to the people of this country he would now be telling us how we get of the quagmire created by King and company and not be attacking Kenny daily. As far as i am concerned he is a nom san gwen.
Thanks for telling us that Kenny is not the one suffereing and that St Lucians are the ones in pain. Glad to know also that Kenny even in opposition is living better than the average St Lucian. That's a lot of comfort given how large he lived while in office.
You know, I don't mind the Labour Party winning but not Kenny as their leader. It is time for young leaders with fresh ideas to spearhead us in this 21st century.
You have to hand it to Denys. He wants people to believe he merely "flirted" with Labour...for nearly 10 years! C'mon Denys..you call that flirtation. That was more than flirtation; that was a marriage...until your cake with Kenny and Tony burn. Were you not on the NCA at the time of the bobol there? Did you speak out then; instead you were defending Menissa. don't think the UWP fellas you defending now don't know all your SLP business. They know you were all over campaigning for Menissa. Every body in the Labour party know that. Now you want people to believe you works for the Taiwanese.for free. Denys ou bon garcon.
Falfret, how come it's only now Denys Springer swing to UWP, falfret take you eh? All the while Denys was a Labour supporter putting licks on Compie, Morella and Co, you were not complaining. Now he putting licks on Kenny he is a nom sans gwen. How come you not complaining about Vaughan Lewis and Jeff Fedee and La Corbiniere? All of them are swinging stars too. But is only denys you fretting about. How come?
Falfret is just plain bias. This is what I've been talking about. Irrational party hacks not being able to think on their own.
Yeah, Denys have changed his positoin on Kenny. Does he not have the right to do so? It's that kind of strict constructionist politics that make me mad. People learn to think on your own and being able to at times hold opinons that are cretical of your own leaders and party. We can't allow ourselves to become robots.
Anonymous #7 food for consideration
It’s unconceivable even without my glasses and a minute of thought process to perceive that Kenny and Tony is having a hard time, financially as the ordinary or regular Lucian, your brain cell and thought process needs recalibration. In all probability, perhaps emotionally, he is no longer PM, calling all the shots, living larger that life fitting of our ancestral masters in a modern era, secret service detail and a sleek MBW ride, with the taste buds of celebrities in Hollywood.
FYI, he earns a PM pension, draws a parliamentary disbursement as MP and a hefty sum as leader of the opposition. That’s only on the political side. (Personal business, lectures etc is, not factored here, that’s acceptable) Ask the constitution reformers to address this. You do the calculation’s… He should consider taking a page from Dr. Bird in Antigua.
I agree with the last post. The thing with political parties in St Lucia and the rest of the Caribbean is that they want you to surrender your brain and your ability to think critically and independently. You must behave like a moo-moo. Any time you say something that goes vs the interests of the party, all of a sudden bam! you are labelled a turncoat or a "non sans gwen". But what is really unsetting is that the politicians reserve the right to change their minds while the rank and file carry on with their nonsense. Here's list of past and current Tarzan politicians: Compton, Mallet, Odlum, Richard Frederick, Lewis, Guy Joseph, Banjo Man Estephan, Josie, Cass Elias, Calixte George, the Bousquets, Tessa Mangal,
You forgot to add Vaughn Lewis and the man himself Kenny Anthony. After he flew away from the SLP in 1981, he had regular contacts with George Odlum's PLP.
I do not know what else bad that could be said about Kenny, because i have no seen anything good spoken about him lately. Even though he was in contact with George, i never say him contest any election for the plp or on platform, so how was he a Tarzan as the others? We making seem as though Kenny fled from the slp and that was a crime. The slp was doing good at the time, when George and his crew who campaigned so hard for 5 straight yrs. to win the election, saw nothing good to do but to mashup the government. At that time Kenny was only made a senator. The man is educated so he applied for work in the region because Compton regime would have never given him a job. So you wanted him to sit down in St Lucia scratching and smelling and not find a job to improve himself as King did for about 10 yrs. What did you wanted to do, sit down and do what in St Lucia? Would you feed him and his family?
Springer remembered Kenny saying "taking me to court" but he forget to remind us that mini star Frederick took his own government to court, because he cheated the government of custom duties.
See how inconsistent and hypocritical them SLP fellas are. Is Kenny and Tony alone that need to feed their families? Kenny never told anybody he took a heavy contract from UWP to draft a Public Service Bill. He cannot deny that one. If they say nothing wrong with dat...so wha wrong with Denys swinging for a work to feed his family? At least Denys does his things openly while Kenny did his thing behind closed doors. Final point: All a them who claim that Compton was vindictive, well at least Compton showed he was a nom evek gwen when he gave jobs to George Odlum, Vance and Mikey Pilgrim who were some of his biggest critics in the 1970s.In fact never once did Compton stop renting Tom Walcott's building on Jeremie Street and Tom was the biggest critic of all.
Allow me to answer the person before the last. On the subject of taking people to court, how come on plateform Kenny bragged about taking Josie to court but never did. Was there truth in what Josie said. Josie said that Kenny was in posession of the bag containing the money from Libya. This was the money that George was waiting for to finaance the PLP campaign against Compton and his crew. Up to a day like today that threat of taking Josie to court was placed under a rug. What ever happen?
We also know that he took Vaughn Lewis to court. Up to now we don't know what happen to that case. Was vaughn threaten and decided to jump ship to Kenny so he won't have to pay any money in court. What ever happen here?
You don't have to be red or yellow to see that there was something fishy.
Infact Josie was taken to court and lost. Just ask Arthur St Hill!
That's the St.Lucian spirit, we don't trust politicians.
You all could remember all cases that happened 100 years ago, but fail to remember that on going case a PRESENT MINI STAR NAMED FREDERICK BROUGHT AGAINST HIS OWN GOVERNMENT. Any fool will know that people is not allowed to board ANY AIR CRAFT WITH A BAG OF MONEY. And any government that have to give another cash will NEVER count the cash and give it in a bag, thing do not happen that way. They write a checK, They transfer the money, they wire the money etc. Show me the proof about the bag of money anyway. Josie was just trying to gain political points.
If you are correct in saying that Josie was simply trying to gain political point, you mean, the man that claim to pride himself on protecting his reputation did nothing to dispel such a nasty attack on him?
It is because that he never did that's why years later we are still talking about it.
Yeah, Frederick tried to cheat the government and took it to court. Yeah, Rufus tried to bored a plane without being search. Explain to the rest of us why allegations made against Kenny, whether it was 5, 10, or a hundred years ago isn't relavent now. In nazi germany there were men who were accused of participating in the destruction of the jews. Over 50 years later they are still being tracked down and brought to justice. No one put Kenny can put this matter to rest. It will forever be like an anchor around his neck whethe true or false.
If you are a Lucian you and was following politic, you would have known that Josie have made so many allegations about against people on platform, especially against Compton. Did Compton do anything about that? So why you want Kenny to take Josie serious? Did you hear Odlum ever say anything about that? What has Josie done that is outstanding in St Lucia when he was given the chance? He has jumped from Forum, to minister in slp, to plp, and minister in uwp, he spoil all these chances Now he is envious of kenny position, when it was not Kenny ask him to mashup the slp government in 1982. Let us talk about what is more serious and relevant now, St Lucians made a mistake and elect an incompetent government, who is creating scandals after scandals causing the country to be in a mess. That will make it harder for Kenny to fix in the next two and a half years, when he will be returned to the helm. That is what we have to speak about now, not foolishness about bag of money. Talking about bag of money, i want you to collect the little money you are making in the U.S, put all in a bag and try to come to St Lucia with it, and you will see for yourself, how far you will reach. The last Mexican who tried that, all the money was seized at the airport. I see you start mentioning same scandals of Rufus and Frederick, that is not all on this government, if you have to list them you will not have enough space on this forum.
Don't worry, Kenny knows full well what he did to mess up the St Lucian Economy. I doubt he is able to repair it. Don't you see he eh making any fuss to get back there. You think Kenny stupid.
A promise to people like you is a comfort to a fool.
Boy, Springer is not playing these days. All of a sudden he has Kenny and his people under defensive. No smooth sailing for Kenny and this must be very frustrating. Instead of the focus being on King it is on the opposition leader. This does not argue well for the SLP leadership.
Only people like you, a few die hard uwpees and Springer who are not in St Lucia are focusing on Kenny. Which does not make sense. Did you listen to the calypso finals this year? This is the first time in the history of St Lucia that the majority of songs was speaking against the government, even the guest, which was Pelay, who always use to be an anti slp, sang a song called "we made a mistake" Kenny messed up the economy, when there was always growth whiles he was PM. When last there was any growth under king? The people of St Lucia are the ones on the defensive, they are the ones suffering, not the slp. You have your facts upside down.
Both of you guys are beggining to sound ridiculous. Enough of your diatribe!!!!!
Who gives a damn if SLPs are not the ones suffering or Kenny did not account for Libyan money!!!! This back and forth is so rediculous.
Leave the people of St Lucia alone with your 1950's take on politics. St Lucia is better off without individuals like yourselves.
Politics is more active that our volcano and it has erupted.
Springer deserves being named Journalist of the year. He has ignited passion again in flambeaus that had ceased to believe in their party, and anger and frustration among the rank and file of the SLP. No other Journalist in St Lucia has been able to strike a match as potently as Springer. Love him or hate him Springer remains undaunted.
No slp supporter is angry or frustrated about the foolishness that Springer is writing, No body takes him serious because it all that stupidness that cause St lucia to end up with that incompetent government it has today. St Lucians have learnt their lesson not to listen to people with an agenda, like juke Bois etc. They will make the right choice and return the slp in power to continue where it left off, in terms of developing the country.
Graft, who do you care about?
Sir/Lady
While you may not take Mr. Springer seriously, I know of hundreds who respect his writing.
I have no illusions. What I have noted evident. In the last few weeks I've seen a big change in supporters of both sides.
The only people who respect Springer writing are the die hard uwpees. Those who do not care if St Lucia sink or float, all they see is flambeau. That number is steady declining in St Lucia.
Me thinks the younger generation should form the IPSL- The Independent Party of Saint Lucia. Siphon all the progressive free-thinking men and women and let the SLP and UWP die a slow and agonizing death.
Yep, those 2 dinosaurs have out-lived their time, people aren't ignorant like before.
It’s a shame that in a society of very smart people there are so many closed minded citizens such as you. No one ask of you who do you support, and I don’t believe I told you where my political allegiances rest. I have simply stated an opinion on Mr. Springer's writing. I see no need for your myopic point of view which seem to suggest that everyone who agrees with Mr. Springer must be a flambeau. Re-education is something that most of us should consider.
Roseman, you are obviously living in dreamland, if not Neverland. Denys Springer is considered the BIGGEST POLITICAL PROSTITUTE in the history of Saint Lucia. If you think I'm over-reacting just wait and see what he will do when the SLP is back in power. Just wait. Mark my words. He's my cousin and I know the shameless animal that he is, a POLITICAL JAMET!!!
Sir/Lady,
You come across like a very angry person. Why do you use such words as “animal” and “jamet” to describe your political adversaries? Haven’t you learn that you should not debase yourself and others for the sake of politics?
Mr. Springer is not an enemy of the State of St Lucia. He is a citizen with the right to disagree with our political leaders.
It's getting very late over here. I will converse with you in the morning. Please stay safe and don't forget to say a prayer for
our leaders.
Roseman, I am a supporter of the United Workers Party. As a Springer, I have always supported the Party. The Springer family is a UWP family, have always been. My cousin Denys was a bold-faced supporter of that Kenny while Labour was in power, much to the dismay of my family, who are historical UWPees. As soon as we won the elections in 2006 he came back wagging his tail!!! Do you understand, Roseman? This hurts us very deeply, and we are not angry, we are ashamed. That is why people are calling him a POLITICAL PROSTITUTE. There is absolutely no anger in my words, only firm and uncompromising analysis. And mind you, I am very proud of my patois heritage, so words like "political animal" and JAMET have nothing to do with anger, rather, its about emphasis. Denys Springer is a POLITICAL JAMET!!! As soon as Labour is back in power, because I know that my Party will lose the next elections, he will go right back to that Kenny Anthony, wagging his little doggie tail. He just can't help it. My poor old deceased uncle must be turning in his grave when he sees what cousin Denys is doing to himself. What a shame.
I went around the country today and boy no one cares what Springer writes. The potato and Dasheen farmer in Choiseul was concerned that he cannot sell his goods at the Vieux Fort and Choiseul markets. People simply have no money. The Vieux fort Fisherman is concerned that inspite of the over 80% increase in the price of gasolene and 200% increase in the price of his fiberglass boat the fisheries department still have not paid him for fish sold since February. The banana fields in Dennery have been abandoned by 90% of growers who have migrated to Martinique, England and New york leaving behind unpaid loans on FAR vehicles and even on their houses. Do they know who Denys Springer is? Nope. The populace is concerned that while they cannot meet their commitments Minister Mondesir can apply for duty free concessions on furniture for his home. While they cannot meet their daily commitments They are asked to fork out $4500 to pay house rent for three term parlimentarian and PM. They comment on the indiscipline of the fraudster who put the country at a standstill and force his way to become a minister and holding the country to ransom after being fired by the dying PM. That is what my people are telling me.
Why are you'll busy posting here if what Denys write does not affect you'll. This is not the 1950's you know. People can read and write, they read the newspapers and have access to the internet. Look at the poster before me and the one before him disguising as a flambooo. I sence a group of internet junkies run scared at the way Denys is dismantling their leader.
Say what you have to say, write what you want to write, but don't forget it's a free country, Denys have his right too and the rest of us are free to ignore all u.
Propoganda can't beat reality. People want Kenny so much yet Flamboo still in charge. People want Kenny so much yet no one coming out on the streets to say enough is enough. Who you think u'll fooling. There was no milk and honey under Kenny. Things was tight the same way it tight today. It's been 5 years since I left school and I can't get a damnn job. U want to me believe that I bring back Kenny all my troubles will be over like ABC. I not foolish. Any of u'll who want to earn my vote will have to work hard to get it. Is down the country was going already it can't hurt me more than I was already hurting under Kenny and now under King. To h.ll with all of u. Party this party that and only one set of peole eating every time this party and that party come to office. choops..
I agree with you, politics sucks. Bread on the table comes first.
Those people who are so politically charged have no life and they hide behind politics to have a sense of belonging. Oh how weak they are.
There could be agreement that Mr. Springer is a political Tarzan since his political posturing over a period of time indicates this.
This does not mean that what he writes about political figures is incorrect. Neither does it mean that he should give up his rights to admonish figures from either political party if he is of a view that their actions or words do not measure up to particular standards.
It can also be agreed that in typical fashion political hacks insist on the most denigrating way to describe anyone with whom they disagree politically.
Why is it necessary for someone who claims to be Mr. Springer's cousin, to have to call him a POLITICAL JAMET ? Fine - you think that his political swinging is wrong - well say that without the gutter sniping. You only show where you have come from and what kind of nuturing you have had by that type of apalling commentary. St. Lucia has gone backwards in the past 20 years not because of politicians but because of a loss of DECENCY from poor and immoral upbringing of our citizens. It is because we as a people have lost this sense of DECENCY that we elect the crooks and incompetents we have seen in politics for the past 30 years. We put them there, WE support them, they are our cousins, brothers, sisters, fathers and neighbours raised in the same communities as we were.
This also is why I thing there has not been sufficient public opposition from the "man in the street" because the comment and attitude of Mr. Springer's so called cousin is thought of as the vengeful attitude of Labour Party operatives and supporters that they will bring to the table were they to win the next elections.
Falfet's post was actually quite comical. This arm chair politician went around the country and all he came back with was 80% and 200% and 90% and $4500 and so many numbers and figures that my head spins. Did not know that the man in the street spoke in that way ! Falfet's view seems to be his own that he developed as he went from bar to bar in Dennery, VF, Laborie and Soufriere !!
If we are going to take on the issue of TARZAN, then the whole of St Lucia operates in a TARZAN MODE. In all of St Lucia you have your CHAIR Labour and PAPA/MAMA Flambeau. Now, if you had any sense at all, you would have recognized that it's not the CHAIRS AND THE PAPA AND MAMA THAT HAVE GIVEN ANY PARTY ITS VICTORY. It's always the swing votes or THOUSANDS OF "TARZANS" AS YOU PREFER TO CALL THEM. NO PARTY IN OPPOSITION CAN WIN AN ELECTION WITHOUT THOSE "TARZANS". IF I WERE YOU I WOULD BE KISSING UP TO THOSE POTENTIAL TARZANS DAY AND NIGHT TO HELP BRING ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT.
In all of my life I have never seen any party fight against its own interest, or have sought to destroy it's own objectives of returning to power as the SLP continues to do.
Micoud,
None of those persons in here are sanctioned to speak for the SLP. The SLP understands what it's going up against and needs all the help it can get.
Being disrespectful to other fellow St Lucians is not what the party is all about.
You can't blame the people for switching sides, they're looking for better representation. Even in America, the independents decides who wins an election, so don't blame the people blame the SLP and UWP, they are the ones in charge.
Wow! I did not believe that I would live to see the day when a few intelligent St Lucians would admit, that there are loads of independents in our country. This proves that not everyone in St Lucia is hard core SLP or UWP. The picture is clear before our eyes. This is progress!
I have known Denys family very well from our days in Grass Street. The family had 8 members (one died). 4 of the children have lived overseas for more than 20 years and as far as I know they have not involved themselves in local politics. So it's not true to say that the family as a whole has any political bias. Yes, Denys' mother was a well known UWP. Mr. Springer though had no party. I remember he was a founding member of the SLP with George Charles and Oleo and La Corbiniere and these fellers but he moved away from politics since the mid 1950s and never said a word to me that showed any political allegiance on his part. This man was a man of principle who didn't stand for nonsense and I suspect his voting was based on the performance of a Government. He warned all his children to stay away from politics and for that reason I don't think he would be happy to two of his sons so deeply involved. So OK, Denys was once a strong Laborite who swing to UWP. But that's his right. He is not the first and he will not be the last. So why call him a political Jamet. If SLP wins the next election and he swings back then I personally will be very disapointed. But as an SLP supporter while I might not agree with all the things he says in his articles, it is his right to say them.
SLIP sounds better than ISLP. SLIP-Saint Lucia Independent Party.
Well said by the indivdual who knew a bit about the Springer family. This is the respect we must show to each other. The blogger showed their respectful knowledge of the Springer family and recounted it here.
Personally Springer is not the kind of person I call or would call a friend but he has the freedom to state his opinion without the destruction of petty politics.
Unfortunately this is the politics of the Labour Party which has dragged us all down since the 1970s.
I can't agree more. After 2 1/2 years of a roll and tumble government, the last thing we want is to destroy each other with hate words and disrespect. We ought to give St Lucia a fighting chance to freely chose what form of government it wants moving forward. No amount of disrespect is able to force anyone into voting for any party that they do not want too.
The right to choice is something that must be respected. St Lucia is no Iran where people are disrespected and beaten for their poltiical views.
Let us stop it now!
I do not believe the blogger who says he is a Springer and called Denys a "political jamet" is a Springer; niehter do I beleive he is a UWP supporter. I beleive he is quite simply a wolf in sheep's clothing.
SLIP will only cause the SLP to SLIDE all the seats much easier in the next elect.
You mean fight to see if (they the SLP) can hold on to electoral monopoly.
This next election is going to be a mess. We won't know for days what party or parties will form the next elections. Mark my words none of the existing parties will win enough seats to be in charge.
I agree with you, it will not be business as usual, people are tired of going in circles. SLIP should take advantage of the moment, the future belongs to the younger generation.
The Old Guard is going, going, gone. It's gonna be a peaceful revolution and it will take them by surprise, the SLP and UWP will be fighting for official opposition status.
"Take me to court", these words is ONLY uttered by Kenny. What a joke, The present government has the most ministers, ever in the history of St Lucia to be dragged into court, and Kenny is only involved in ONE of these cases, which he did as opposition leader, in the interest of the state. Marcus broke a traffic law and disrespected and disobeyed a police office he was arrested and taken to court, As tar fan broke a traffic law he was arrested and taken to court. Frederick was arrested and taken to court for under invoicing cars, Frederick also took his own government to court, kenny is not involved in none of these cases. Mondersir was taken to court by Kenny because this is a state affair, and it is his duty as leader of the opposition, to have these minsters account for the tax payers money. So let us not have Springer, try to fool us, that is is only Kenny who is taking people to court.
I believe most bloggers are missing Springer's point. Perhaps it's because it's Springer who's making the point, and maybe because he's making it so late in the day after more than 10 years as an active and in-your-face SLP supporter. Certainly he did not challenge Anthony at the time he issued his "take me to court" call and he has not explained why he didn't. That alone discredit his role as a messenger.
But the question concerned Saint Lucians must ask themselves is this: How can we ensure honesty, transparency and accountability among our elected officials? What do we do when a PM's chooses not to respond to legitimate questions about the handling of our affairs? What recourse do we have against elected officials who disregard the laws of our country? What do we do about a cabinet Minsiter who would take his own Government to court? These are not SLP or PLP or UWP issues. These are issues of governance. It shouldnt be acceptable to us morally or otherwise for a cabinet Minister to take legal action against his own Government. As a people we should have called on him to stand aside (without prejudice) while he fights to prove his innocence. this is how it's done in serious jurisdictions like the UK. I cannot say if his actions are illegal. That's a matter for the courts. But it seems to me to be highly unusual and what's more it stinks. Frederick claims he took the action to clear his name. There's nothing wrong with that. But do it as a backbencher. In fact the minute the charge was made he should have done the honorable things and resigned - Mondesir should have followed suit.
The fact that as a people our standards are so low that our elected politicians can act in this manner, says a lot about us. It should never ever be acceptable to us to have our PM say to us to take him to court; neither should it be OK for us to stand by while a siting Minister takes his own Government to court and another continues to serve while a case is lodged against him.
What can we do about this? I believe we need to broaden the defintion of "Integrity" as it applies to apointed and elected public officials. We need to hold these officials to a higher standard of moral and ethical behaviour. But so long as we continue to examine their actions through partisan lenses, we will get nowhere as a country or a people. See how swiftly the PM called for the resignation of the Attorney General for using his office to advance a family interest? That is the standard we should aim for in our beloved Saint Lucia
Correction. The last paragraph of the post refers to the decision of the PM of Grenada to fire the Attorney General for using his office to advance a family cause.
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