Plan To Live Forever But Live Like You will Die Tomorrow. Love Is When Your Companion Possesses The Qualities Which You Admire The Most And The Faults You Can Tolerate – unknown
Submitted by BU Family member
On exiting the Secondary institution I attended, one of my favourite teachers told me something that has proven to be true and remains with me until present. In his subject area, which I passed at CXC General with the BEST grade in my year group, at the Prize Giving Ceremony I was passed over for another teacher’s offspring. He said, “In Barbados it is WHO you know, not always WHAT you know”.
It is with this in mind that I can come to the conclusion that almost any cover up is possible with the right connections. Prior to these thoughts I was scanning the paper and saw the death announcement of a young man who looked so familiar to me. I therefore assumed we meet in some forum, possibly at the University. Whilst reading the Nation online today (4th July 2008) I realized that this young man was the person who allegedly jumped to his death in St. Lucy.
His mother, relatives, friends and Parliamentary Representative are calling for an investigation into this young mans death. My immediate thought was we are the number 1 developing country in the Caribbean what about an independent autopsy. I was surprisingly unsurprised to read further into the article that this request by the mother was denied. Immediately, I was infuriated DENIED. If the next of kin is financing the procedure and storage of the body, what is the problem?
I regard this denial in the same light as the sacking of Stanton Alleyne at the Sanitation Service Authority, a travesty of Justice. But if the Board who is assigned by the same government, who called for integrity legislation as a matter of urgency and once elected stated that investigation of the legislation would first have to be carried out can attempt to cripple Justice, then way shouldn’t anyone else.
As I would have encouraged every single SSA worker to join the Strike I implore the same to everyone in Barbados who believes in Justice to do the same. Join the Strike for this young man because at anytime it could be your sister or your brother or your son or your daughter. And certainly, if there is anyone who can logically state the barriers, which might plague the allowance of an independent autopsy speak loudly I have no problem with rationality.
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