President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala resigned Thursday and will face charges in the customs scandal that has destroyed his government and mobilized ordinary citizens to protest against the sleaze. – The FCPA Blog […] The news that President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala resigned today (September 3, 2015) is interesting for many reasons. Will…
President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala resigned Thursday and will face charges in the customs scandal that has destroyed his government and mobilized ordinary citizens to protest against the sleaze. – The FCPA Blog
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The news that President Otto Pérez Molina of Guatemala resigned today (September 3, 2015) is interesting for many reasons. Will Barbadians in the near future be able to hold public officials accountable for suffering indiscretions in office to force resignations? BU is of the view sitting Speaker of the House Michael Carrington should have been forced to resign for bringing the position of Speaker into disrepute, a breach of public trust, stealing funds owed to a septuagenarian client. It was a downright immoral act, and every day he occupies the Speaker’s Chair it shows the mock sport we continue to make at our governance system.
The CLICO Heist is regarded by many as the biggest theft to have been perpetrated by politicians, private individuals, private companies and public servants on Barbadians. Yet a boy has not spent a day. Barbadians travel the world representing themselves as coming from one of the most democratic and least corrupt nations in the world. We appear low on global corruption indices. We scoff at countries in Latin and Central America given their tenuous models of government. It seems we are still to learn from them how to hold individuals and companies who commit crime or betray public trust to account. Does anybody believe our politicians and others who hold public office have never committed a wrong deserving of serious punishment?
It appears on the face of it the Cahill Waste to Energy transactions smells funny. We shall see.
Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite today promised to investigate claims that a leading member of the Opposition did not have required certificate to practise law in Barbados under the Legal Professions Act, while shooting down allegations made against two Government colleagues.
“We are going to look into that,” said Brathwaite in Parliament where Minister of Environment Dr Denis Lowe also challenged Mottley to produce her legal certification.
“Sometimes Silence is Golden and in more ways than one Govt response “so Far” to MAM LEC can give voiced to many factors one of which might be TIME . think on those things..”
Thine ignorance hath no boundaries. Why dost thou find pleasure in displaying thine stupidity for all to gaze upon?
You have been implying that since Mottley does have a LEC she is basically breaking the laws of Barbados. Anyone fool (well…..…. except you and Dompey), knows that when an individual breaks any law, that individual commits an offence for which punishment is dispensed accordingly and appropriately.
Supposed, for example, Celeste stole a television set from Seymour and subsequently offers the said item for sale. Irene decides to purchase the TV, irrespective of the fact she has knowledge of Celeste’s propensity for involvement in criminal activity, and that the item she purchased was stolen.
Do you know that Irene becomes an accessory after the fact and can be charged with receiving goods knowing them to be stolen?
To state that the government remaining silent on this issue because they are waiting for the appropriate TIME to speak is ludicrous.
If the government is in possession of evidence that proves a crime is continually being perpetrated by Mottley and does not take the appropriate action against her, de guvment just as guilty as her.
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@are-we-there-yet September 5, 2015 at 8:22 AM “That seems to me to be another indictment on the moral character of the man. It suggests a predilection to doing something that some could construe as blackmail. …It would however be interesting to see if the real situation isn’t a stalemate since there must be tons of information on LP and his probable deployment of perhaps very significant undeclared funds that would make the EFPA’s holders funds pale into insignificance. Going after the “efpa persons who would stick out like sore thumbs” should surely include LP but do you think he would go there”
I didn’t vote for the DLP, but cuh dear man how can making people pay their fair share of taxes be considered blackmail?
And yes the government should go after the Prime Minister’s friend the non-leper Leroy Parris. If the do so successfully the DLP is guaranteed my vote next election. A lot of other people’s votes too.
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But word on the ground is that the auditing staff at BRA is willing and able to go after any and everybody, including those “businessmen” who have never filed a tax return in their lives. If however BRA is not doing so we have to ask ourselves why?There are those those “better educated businessmen” who boast that their business has never made a profit [therefore no tax paid] and yet these same “businessmen” live high on the hog. Big house, new cars for everyone in the house over the age of 16, private school educations for their children from nursery to tertiary, annual or twice annual holidays overseas, including trips to London, New York or Miami. Investments overseas, including well funded private pension plans.
The Simple Simon only asks questions.
We have no answers.
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@David September 6, 2015 at 2:59 AM “It is ironic that late David Thompson hounded Arthur about a $75000 cheque, with good results. In death Thompson’s legacy and children will be hounded by the $3.3 million cheque. If he were alive there is a distinct possibility he would have been dragged before the law Court.”
Dragged before the law courts wuh? David have you ever seen ANY Bajan politician being dragged before the law courts?
It has led us to believe that our politicians are TEFLONMEN.
If they drag David living or dead surely they would have to drag some others too.
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I have given up on the idea that anyone of note will ever be held accountable in this country regardless of the strength of the evidence against them. I am almost sorry that the scales have been removed from my eyes and I now see the depravity of those who can place their hands in my pocket at will. I almost wish I had remained ignorant because ignorance in this case was bliss. What kind of country is this? How long can we survive with unbridled and brazen corruption with no recourse for the majority of citizens?
@Artra
Who were the auditors for CLICO? Who were the auditors for CL financial? Who were the auditors for the Judicial Managers?
@Igrunt…
What is your pen meme again?
Somebody once said something about ignorance and bliss.
@David,
Lawrence Duprey…responsible and accountable…not so? Therefore why is Lawrence Duprey’s name NEVER mentioned by BLP bloggers on Barbados UNDERGROUND?
How is Duprey responsible for the colossal breakdown in our oversight agencies e.g. Office of Supervisor of Insurance?
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Alvin Cummins September 8, 2015 at 8:35 AM #
“Who were the auditors for CLICO? Who were the auditors for CL financial? Who were the auditors for the Judicial Managers?”
Please, Mr. Cummins, it’s ARTAX(erxes), NOT ATRA
The auditor for CLICO and CL Financial were PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS.
On April 14, 2011, the Supreme Court of Barbados (the “High Court”) appointed Deloitte Consulting Ltd. (“Deloitte”) acting through Messrs. Oliver Jordan and Patrick Toppin as Judicial Manager of CLICO International Life Insurance Limited (the “Company” or “CIL”) pursuant to Section 57 of the Insurance Act of Barbados. [Page 2: Report to the High Court of Barbados CLICO International Life Insurance Limited (Under Judicial Management) Judicial Manager’s Final Recommendations]
On July 8, 2011 the Judicial Manager submitted an Application to the Court setting out the basis for its recommendation that a forensic audit of CIL be undertaken by the Forensic & Dispute Services team of Deloitte & Touche LLP in Canada (“Deloitte & Touche LLP”) to assist the Judicial Manager in identifying, securing and reviewing the documentation available to support the inter-company balances and to identify related party transactions. [Page 1: Forensic Audit of CLICO International Life Insurance Ltd. (under Judicial Management): Report as of December 5, 2011]
Cummins, judging from your comments, it is obvious that you have not availed yourself to all the information pertaining to this CLICO issue.
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Alvin Cummins September 8, 2015 at 8:35 AM #
“Lawrence Duprey…responsible and accountable…not so? Therefore why is Lawrence Duprey’s name NEVER mentioned by BLP bloggers on Barbados UNDERGROUND?”
I do not want to make an attempt to answer your question of behalf of David, because he is quite capable of answering on his own behalf.
According to pages 12 – 13 of the Forensic Audit of CLICO International Life Insurance Ltd. (under Judicial Management): Report as of December 5, 2011:
“On January 16, 2009, a payment for $3.333M was made to the law firm Thompson & Associates by CIL. We examined the invoice from Thompson & Associates dated December 30, 2008, which described four different legal matters in detail and the “fees” or “retainers” for each. The invoice was approved by Mr. Leroy Parris, as Chairman. The invoice was paid by CIL cheque on January 16, 2009 and deposited “to the credit of the payee‟ that day. CIL recorded three of the four matters as an inter-company receivable from CHBL. We were advised that the fourth amount for $237K was believed by CIL to be its expense at the time the invoice was received and therefore this item was not charged back to CHBL. In CHBL’s accounting records, three of the four matters were recorded as separate transactions as “Professional Fees”, totaling $3.096M.
We have been advised by CIL that the $3.333mm payment was actually to the benefit of Mr. Leroy Parris, the former Chairman of CIL and CHBL, and related to partial payment of a “gratuity”…….”
Mr. Cummins, perhaps you are willing to inform BU what part Lawrence Duprey played in the facilitating the payment of $3.33M to Leroy Parris by way of an invoice purporting the rendering of “professional services” to CIL by Thompson & Associates and why should be held “accountable and responsible” for an act perpetrated by Parris and Thompson & Associates?
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