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Don’t belittle the compensation package
Dear Editor,
I have been informed by the media both print and electronic that the Linden Commission of Inquiry has recommended that a financial compensation be given to the families of those who were killed and to the individuals who were injured during the protests/ riots in Linden.
Since the announcement of the compensation I have heard talk from almost every opposition politician about how meagre is the money that is supposed to be rewarded.
I’m honestly under the impression that the opposition politicians are all just fanning the flames. The reason is that the COI has established that the protest was illegal so it is safe to say that those persons who took part and those who will be compensated were all part of an illegal gathering. Yet those same illegal protestors will be paid almost three times the amount that the family of a Policeman will receive and those Policemen would have been killed in their line of duties which is legal.
I don’t hear the like of Nigel Hughes, Basil Williams et al commenting on the meagre amount that the families of slain policemen receive. The family of a slain Policeman receives Guy $1,000,000 whilst the family of two illegal protestors will receive Guy $3,000,000 each; yet still we hear that this amount not sufficient.
On February 23, 2002 in the midst of a prison break two prison officers tried their best to prevent a break out. One officer lost his life while another officer is now a vegetable. Was a $3,000,000 compensation given out there? The answer is NO.
Shortly after the prison break a string of Police Officers were murdered. Have the families of those slain cops ever been compensated with $3,000,000? Recently a soldier died on active duty during a fitness run; again I asked the question, was his family also offered $3,000,000?
To members of the public and to opposition politicians especially, be a bit realistic and rational when using the words meagre and miniature to describe the Linden compensation.
Randy Persaud
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