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The special prosecutors are riding a gravy train

Jul 31, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,
The report published by the Kaieteur News on July 22, 2018 – ‘SOCU completes Pradoville 2 file, charges ready to be laid’ – has inspired questions regarding the work of the Special Prosecutors.
Last month, the Kaieteur News also reported that the six special prosecutors working on these cases – Patrice Henry (brother of a sitting Government Minister); Michael Somersall; Hewley Griffith; Lawrence Harris; Compton Richardson; and Trenton Lake – are all paid $2million as a retainer, PLUS another $20,000 per hour for work on these cases.
Imagine a retainer of $2 million per case, plus another $20,000 per hour of work – all paid for by taxpayers. By the time this ‘SOCU train’ hits the dead end it is heading for (based on the failures to date in the Courts) these men will be multi-millionaires – all on the back of Guyanese taxpayers.
My main question is: Do these special prosecutors, who are aligned to the APNU/AFC Coalition Government (not only Patrice Henry, but the others who worked on the Chambers of Ministers Basil Williams and Joseph Harmon), not have a vested interest in bringing more cases?
They are already advising on what cases to bring. The more cases they bring, substandard or not, the more money they make.
Editor, the Guyanese people cannot really be expected to take all of this lying down, can they?
Regards,
Baldeo Matura

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