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Apr 18, 2012 Letters

 

 

Dear Editor,
Is CARICOM coming, going, or going backwards? Where are we really going? Do we have any ethical principles or moral characteristics? Is parliament doing what it is designated to do in our respective countries?
So we have one, two, three, or how many CARICOM regulations.
If we start wrong, we will finish wrong.  I’ve repeatedly stated that with the wrong set of people in leadership, purposes are disappointed. The essence of CARICOM is not above status power. It is all the essence of measuring of CARICOM.
CARICOM is doomed to failure, almost immediately if we do not get our act together. CARICOM leaders must now let their voices be heard concerning the matter of the Suriname Prime Minister being granted amnesty for crime against humanity, and holds such a high public office.
An amnesty is no solution for the past. These six men, who initiated the controversial proposal, should be barred from any public office. This is deemed disgraceful degradation of democracy.
Do we remember when the Argentine people had to close the courts and reshape the entire judiciary before the country was again able to function as a civilized state?
We cannot sit back and allow our freedom to be jeopardized by our ignorant leaders who see us only as a set of slave people.
Come on leaders, get it right, now. It is unacceptable for the Suriname President Desi Bouterse to be granted immunity for crimes committed against humanity. If this is how CARICOM leaders expect to conduct their business, sorry Sirs and Madams.
We rarely would need no parliament, no courts, and no judiciary system. The bottom line is that CARICOM does not know where to start, or the way forward.
CARICOM leaders are confused about the way forward. Everyone wants power and does not know what constitutes power. If a person does a crime, that person must do the time.
CARICOM leaders, you must address this mockery that has the potential to dislodge every ounce of progress made in CARICOM.
Slavery done long, long ago, I therefore, call on all the people of the region and beyond, rise up and let your voices be heard now. Away with CARICOM if this matter cannot be addressed in a respective manner now and forever from the top.
Good Governance
article 17 the chapter for civil society 1997
The states shall adopt and implement all appropriate measures to ensure that good governance, which is just open and accountable.
The states recognize and affirm that the rule of law, the effective administration of justice, and the maintenance of the independence and the impartiality of the judiciary are essential to good governance.
The states, in order to ensure morality in public affairs, agree that holders of public offices and all those who exercise power, the exercise of which affects or may affect public interest, shall so order their affairs in accordance with national law, that such ordering gives no cause for conflict to arise, or appear to arise in between their private interest and their duties to the public or to otherwise compromise their integrity.
To this end, the states agree to establish a code governing the conduct of the holders of public offices and all those who exercise power; the exercise affects all the public interest.
So we see clearly, CARICOM leaders have started wrong and must correct it now, now, now. We the people declare.
Godfrey Isaacs 

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