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Dear
Editor,
I will be
grateful for a small space in your paper
to publish my view of what I consider to
be an unfortunate situation. Like many,
I find it difficult to understand why
some members and supporters of the NDC
are so obsessed with the former Prime
Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell.
I listened
to the election campaign and it was said
by supporters of the NDC that he could
not go to the United States because the
FBI wanted him. When he lost the
election and wanted to travel to the USA
on business then the Government will not
give him his passport with his American
Visa to travel. He eventually obtained a
visa and traveled to the USA then the
Grenada Today said he ran away so he
won’t have to attend court. He gets to
New York and coincidentally he is there
at the same time the Prime Minister and
a delegation is visiting their NDC
supporters on the talk shop says he is
following Prime Minister Thomas. If this
is not obsession then it must be a
fixation if it is not a fixation then it
has to be an addiction - same thing.
Then there
is the big charade by certain persons in
the media that Keith Mitchell thinks he
is still Prime Minister, one journalist
said that his
Hi5 page is still saying
’PM’ (note that it does not even say
Prime Minister just PM which can mean a
million things) and that becomes
‘headline news’.
Then a slip
of the tongue may have occurred and Dr.
Mitchell was referred to as Prime
Minister, This again became an issue and
they said that he is encouraging people
to call him Prime Minister. I believe
this will no longer be an issue now
since Hon Tillman Thomas himself,
referred to Dr. Keith Mitchell as Prime
Minister on two occasions in the last
sitting of Parliament.
Then, there
was all this talk about arrest. We were
made to believe that if NDC won the
election they will arrest Dr. Mitchell
on the 9th of July. Some
persons got very dramatic and described
how he will be hung in the Market Square
because all the evidence of corruption
was available.
When the
NDC supporters started asking questions
on the 9th of July then the
harassment and victimization of a number
of key supporters of the NNP started as
if to indicate don’t worry we are saving
the best (Keith Mitchell) for last.
Then when the region started to take
note after the Wildman scenario, Anslem
Clouden and George Worme decided to team
up and make good use of the word
“arrest”, saying that the magistrate
will issue a bench warrant to arrest
Keith Mitchell. Well the man on the
ground who does not understand the court
system just needs to hear the word
arrest and will think that Dr. Mitchell
was found guilty of corruption. The man
on the ground will not understand that
they were talking about a case where
Mitchell was taking George Worme to
court.
When the
George Worme/Anslem Clouden strategy
failed, then Max Sterling (who many
believe to be Eddie Frederick) wrote an
article advising the Attorney General
that he should take his time and
investigate all possible cases he could
find against Keith Mitchell before
arresting him. This can only mean that
there is no case. His exact words were
‘…take all the time you need”. Well
tell me who is fooling who when that
same individual always claimed to have
evidence of corruption against Dr.
Mitchell?
My problem
is that a lot of time is wasted on one
individual when there are over a hundred
thousand of Grenadians left. The
majority of them are finding it
difficult to find food to put on their
table or to even pay their way to work
(the few that still have a job). The
economic situation in the country is at
its worst and will worsen. How long
will it be before those in authority and
those who advise them see that.
Hopefully they are interested in the
poor and suffering people of this
country and will begin to act that way.
My advice
is, leave Dr. Keith Mitchell alone and
let us focus on continuing the progress
under the congress. We already throw
Jonah overboard let the boat sail on
hopefully to a port of success.
Sharon
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