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Those leaders and their duplicity
Dear Editor,
A worrying trend persists among the leaders of the Alliance for Change (AFC) who continue to misuse their position and parliamentary privilege for personal/selfish gains. The recent revelation of Mr. Nigel Hughes and his wife, Cathy’s, employment with Sithe Global, the company contracted to build the Amaila hydro project, is testimony to the unprofessional conduct of the AFC leaders.
These leaders tend to target national projects for attacks/criticisms as a way of forcing investors of these projects to hire them and thereafter cancel their attacks/criticism. We have seen time and time again, AFC leaders utilizing the extortion approach. We must be reminded that extortion is a form of bribery, an act of obtaining money or other favours by the abuse of one’s office or authority.
We may all recall the vehement attacks by the AFC leadership against Fip Motilall who was contracted to build the road into Amaila. After Mr. Motielall ended up hiring AFC Member of Parliament Cathy Hughes, those attacks/criticisms vanished. Since then we have not heard anything negative from the AFC camp against Mr. Motilall.
The Leader of that party, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, seemed to have been performing a lobbyist role, misusing his parliamentary privilege when he launched an offensive against the specialty hospital because his client, Fedders’ Lloyd, did not win the bid for the construction of that facility. If his client had won the bid, the AFC would have abandoned its offensive against the project.
Similarly, the attacks/criticisms against the Marriott Hotel project by the AFC are aimed at protecting the interests of its financier, the owner of the Pegasus Hotel, in an attempt to shield him from further competition in the hotel sector.
There are many other stories bringing into question the credibility and integrity of those associated with the AFC.
The employ of such clever ‘hustler’ tactics from among those in the leadership of this small political party, is appalling at the least.
Kwame Mc Coy
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