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Monday,
August 17th, 2009:
I am going to get into the "meat
of the matter" without any
delay. Mr. Prime Minister, Hon.
Tillman Thomas, during your
party's campaign you preached
integrity, honesty, decency,
transparency and respect for
public institutions; but I am at
a loss today as to why you are
you allowing your Government's
GIS-TV to air Insp. Raymond
Mathew/Calypsonian "Beast"
performance at the Calypso
Semi-Finals and Dimanche Gras?
"Beast" is a high ranking
Officer within the Royal Grenada
Police Force, and you are not
only the Prime Minister, but you
are in charge of GIS and you're
the Minister of National
Security. So what message are
you, your Government, the
Commissioner of Police and
Inspector Mathew sending to the
young people of Grenada and by
extension the World?
Mr. Prime Minister you and your
party while in opposition had a
field day beating up on Dr.
Keith Mitchell for saying at one
of his party's public rallies,
"Is me dam money". Mr. Prime
Minister you yourself said on a
radio programme with Glen Noel
that "the Prime Minister (Keith
Mitchell) ought to know that you
don't use that type of language
in public, especially standing
as the Prime Minister of the
country." So tell us now Mr.
Prime Minister why are you
condoning such practices by
Beast?
Mr. Prime Minister, while Beast
was singing you sat to the left
of me in the sealed off VIP
section grinning -- obviously
enjoying the Police Inspector
disrespecting the audience,
Grenadians all over, and even
yourself. Where is Minister
Glynis Roberts, the same
Minister who has been calling on
promoters, DJ's and night club
to bring back morals into
society?
She is the same Minister who
said that females are to be
respected, but yet for all
"Beast" was allowed to
disrespect Mrs. Delma Thomas,
Mrs. Emmallin Pierre, Mrs. Ann
Antoine, Ms. Lyndonna and others
not only once, but three times.
And to date, we have not heard a
word from her, or even the
conference of Churches, who was
so active against Keith Mitchell
for saying "Is me dam money."
You people are supposed to have
sense. Now tell me -- a Prime
Minister saying "Is me dam
money" and an Inspector of
Police telling the former
Opposition Leader and other
persons "Keep all yuh ass quiet"
-- which one is worse? I wonder
if an individual was to tell a
Police Officer "keep his ass
quiet" if that Officer would
arrest that individual?
My five year old daughter
happened to walk out of her room
at the same time while "beast"
was singing on television, and
she turned to me and asked,
"Daddy why is that man who does
dance on TV with the stick
cursing on TV"? Now that alone
speaks for itself.
Mr. Prime Minister you and your
Government need to stop being
such hypocrites and come out of
the political closet and take a
stance against the behaviour of
Inspector Raymond "Beast" Mathew
and other Calypsonian for that
matter who disrespect the
Grenadian people. Grenadians are
all aware that Beast, Scholar,
Mr. X, Persuader, Biko, Sherene,
Sour Serpent among others are
NDC supporters, but that does
not give your Government the
right to allow some of these
Calysonians to disrespect the
Grenadian people. I bet If it
was another Calypsonian that
sang the same tune, you and your
bosses would have been all over
the radio and TV blasting that
Calypsonian.
Mr. Prime Minister it is already
bad enough that the decision
made by the Governor General and
yourself to continue Carnival on
August 12th was overthrown by
the Minister of Finance who
decided it would continue on
Saturday, August 15th. Don't let
anybody rule you, wake up and
take control of your Office and
practice what your preached
during your campaign. Grenadians
were always aware of the two
Cabinets and Mr. Bristol
confirmed that recently, but the
people of Grenada voted for one
Cabinet who promised Integrity,
Honesty, Transparency,
accountability; and, most of
all, respect for public
institutions.
Paul Gittens
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grenadianfalcon@gmail.com
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