BU wishes to extend our deepest sympathy to Prime Minister Arthur and Mrs Arthur at what must be a very difficult time. Our sympathy for sure goes out to Mrs Arthur, as a mother it must be even more difficult having carried the baby in her womb for seven months. The pictures which have been appearing on our television and newspapers have evoked some
very sad emotions in the BU household. BU has taken a position that we will not publish any pictures associated with this tragic event on our website.
After some very long discussions within the BU household; what has emerged is that we have some concerns about how the Arthurs have managed this whole funeral business. What we have also found out is that many Barbadians seem to feel the same way but appear to be locked into silence because of the sensitivity around the tragic affair. There is no doubt that Her Majesty’s Opposition and those in the public who feel as BU does have already assessed the enormous risk to go vocal. What we do know is that for Mrs Arthur, a mother, the public show which she witnessed this week must have racked her emotions to the core.
Could it be that Arthur being the political savvy politician that he is has deliberately orchestrated how events unfolded around the funeral of his daughter?
To answer this question BU tables the following arguments:
- Let us recall that when the Prime Minister got married last year it was done at a private ceremony on the Illaro Court grounds. What we gathered from scrutinizing the small gathering in attendance at the wedding from the video released by the Government Information Service, it showed a small group known to be close friends of the Arthurs. If we compare a marriage and a funeral we have to admit the wedding provided the opportunity for the Arthurs to include the Barbados public. Information reaching BU even suggests that the wedding was close to being held overseas. Robust advice received from a senior minister persuaded the Arthur’s to reconsider.
- To further demonstrate the extent to which Arthur has guarded his private life, Barbadians had to wait until after his most recent marriage to find out that he had a 21 year old daughter who had been attending university in the USA. Since the wedding the 21 year old has been included in many of the public photo shoots of the Arthur family. Why the sudden change? Political strategists have suggested that the Prime Minister is aware of how the “moral righteous” in the Barbados society regard the “family man”.
- The Prime Minister and Mrs Arthur were involved in a serious relationship long before his divorce was final and was kept from the public eye…well relatively so. The fact that it was a clear breach of protocol for a Prime Minister to be “courting” during a legally active marriage was tolerated by Barbadians which is not unprecedented where our Prime Ministers and even Ministers have been involved.
There are several other examples which we can offer which reinforce the point that the Prime Minister has always protected his privacy. His recent departure by throwing open the doors to the public for such a tragic, sensitive and personal affair is therefore viewed with suspicion by BU.
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