At the outset of the Coronavirus crisis in this country, the Hon. Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, hosted a consultation with members of the Social Partnership and me at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, to plan strategy for fighting this threat. I was impressed and congratulated her on the approach. I then went on to say to her that this was not a time for political controversy and that all sides must come together to defeat this scourge.
Rather than busy itself with measures to protect the people of this country, some twelve days after the consultation, Government rushed to Parliament and passed legislation that was already on the books, to manage the ensuing crisis. In essence, that legislation amended the Emergency Management Act by re-enacting certain provisions that already existed at section 28 of the same act; also at sections 2 and 3 of the 1939 Emergency Powers Act; and at section 25 of the Constitution. The amendment also went on to give powers to the Chief Medical Officer that he already had since 1969.
Needless to say, those initial steps did not give me any confidence that Government was capable of handling the situation, however I remained quiet hoping that somehow that they would get it right. I’ve tried to hold my peace but the situation has now reached a stage that I am compelled to speak-up before these bunglers unintentionally kill us all.
The handling of this crisis has been plagued with the bungling that is now characteristic of anything that this administration touches. So far, were are told that there is no evidence of any community spread of the virus. But it would seem that the end result of the Government’s initiatives would lead to what we fear most. What did the Government think would happen when it gave one day’s notice of a 24-hour curfew? As was reasonably foreseeable, people rushed to supermarkets in their thousands, ignoring any suggestion of physical or social distancing. Take some sobering time to imagine what could have happened if there were any carriers of the Coronavirus in those lines?
As if Government fails to learn from its mistakes, post offices were opened for a limited period in order to allow pensioners to cash their National Insurance pension cheques. The foreseeable result happened: hundreds of vulnerable persons throng the post offices thereby creating an incubator for the spread of the Coronavirus.
This virus is deadly and Government must come up with a series of measures that would protect the people of this country. These hit or miss initiatives just will not do.
Magistrate knocks law
Barbados’ COVID-19 curfew law has been described by a magistrate as badly drafted.
Magistrate Graveney Bannister said yesterday while a section of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Curfew No 3 Directive, 2020, spoke of the hours 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., another section referred to a curfew from April 15 to May 3 “without more, which would mean it would be a total shutdown”.
He said it was “far safer” for police “to arrest someone or to deal with someone after 6 p.m. or at night-time, rather than trying to make a 12-hour curfew into a 24-hour curfew”.
https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/245151/magistrate-knocks-law
Listen to those who know what they are talking about.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sohee/permalink/2887157481376806/
Govt official said 64 people were tested 33 Trinidadians
21 from the isolation centre
Makes wonder who were the other 10
Questions like these makes wonder for Govt truthfulness
Why not give information in its complete entirety
!0 were repeats = from the isolation center and may soon go home.
Was there any information given as if those who have been released or schedule to be released were bajans living on the island or residents or citizens of another country
Total 64 – 33 trinis = 31 local tested
locals = 31 – 10 repeats/ isolation center = 21 new local tested .
if you were paying attention to the reports you can nearly determine who was being released.
As far as I know all reports were of bajans returining or bajans who came into contact with the returning bajans that were infected.
The reports are fake why are ur busting you head looking for corn?
The reports. are incomplete as to exact origins or nationalities
The report should state number of nationals or people of other countries along with age range
Govt still trying to hid behind a string of half truths and deceit
Reason why i am worried
you need to pay attention
What is a non-national man? He must surely have a nationality and travelled to Barbados from somewhere, or lived in Barbados. Why do our officials always give bogus information? They can never come clean.
This is why I have no confidence in their contact tracing. Their natural impulse is to hide details from the public.
Hal govt intentionally set to give half truths all knowing that if the full truth came out the full blane would be placed on their shoulders for leaving the borders open
Hence people are given half a.ss statements to suffice
@Mariposa
They usually get away with it. All they need to do is gesticulate, flaring arms, pointing fingers, slapping chests – and the natives think it is milk and honey. It is all a game of verbal trinkets.
There is always another story behind the official story.
Austin why worry about the fail stste everyday? Tellus about the strategy in the UK to combat the virus and how sucessful it has been.As for Mariposa the standing in the sun and rain for persons born in Barbados accustomed to such has subsided and blown up in your face.Nobody ain, starved to death and all the other melodramatic nonsense you and the Dems on here were posting . Therefore your petty political games has come to zero and you should be ashamed of yourself for your behaviour.
WHAT MORE INFO DO YOU NEED TO MAKE IT A FULL ASS STATMENT THAT THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND? THE COLOR OF THE INFECTED PEE?
David how is govt going to spin this night mare debacle heard across social media
A debacle so wrong and insensitive that it begs the question
What are they thinking
A debacle so wrong that it tells and reminds all of a govt who has put measures in place that all but terrorize people understanding and hard of wanting to believe
How in God’s name can an infected barbadian living at home denied treatment by govt officials after she and family members beg and pleaded for help from the officials of COVID
How in God’s name can an infected barbadian living at home denied treatment by govt officials after she and family members beg and pleaded for help from the officials of COVID {Quote}
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Are you trying to tell us that it was the government’s fault——— that they met at a Cabinet meeting and decided to deny treatment to the infected Barbadian?
@ Hal
What is a non-national man? He must surely have a nationality and travelled to Barbados from somewhere, or lived in Barbados. Why do our officials always give bogus information? They can never come clean.
This is why I have no confidence in their contact tracing. Their natural impulse is to hide details from the public.
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YOU WILL BE ACCUSED OF BEING DISHONEST SIMPLY FOR TELLING THE TRUTH.
IT HAS GONE PASS BEING A BAJAN CONDITION IT IS AN asinine CONDITION DISPLAYED BY THE SEVERAL WHO ARE CLOAKED IN GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA.
Well govt pays them the workere
Govt has not shy away from sticking its nose in everbody elses business
Now it is up to govt to make a statement of clarification issued with an apology to the family
What does ‘having the last word mean’, apart from a deflection or an exhaustion of an argument, a cast of mind, a condition? It is verbal nonsense, a discursive surrender. {Quote}
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What is the BIG DIFFERENCE between David BU saying “You may have the last word” and Hal Austin saying “I’M OUT OF THIS DISCUSSION?”
Please people! The petty comments are not necessary at this time.
Any adults on here?
Remember the quarantined leader will ride on in and save the day.
We got this.
Wunna hard eared or what.!
Why dont some of you learn to read or read over thing before you publish it?
John2
Maybe some yuh we do and say things like govt
WONDERFUL COMPETENT LEADERS BARBADOS HAVE HOWEVER ONLY IN CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT DO THEY EXCEL.
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Attorney General responds to article on curfew law
Attorney General Dale Marshall has responded to an article carried on the Front Page of the Daily Nation of April 23, where Magistrate Graveney Bannister described Barbados’ COVID-19 curfew law as badly drafted.
Following is the full statement from the Attorney General:
“In an article in one section of the Barbados press today, Magistrate Graveney Bannister was reported as having commented negatively on the enforceability of the Curfew Directive No. 3.
“While judicial officers are called on to interpret our statutes and apply them, this duty only arises in the context of a matter over which they are presiding. It is, therefore, most unfortunate that he has chosen to step beyond his responsibility as a judicial officer, and to trespass on matters that are for the executive or the legislature.
“It is also regrettable that his commentary is likely to lead Barbadians to doubt the validity of the Directive and its force in law.
“As Attorney General, I am satisfied that the Directive is fully enforceable in law and I caution Barbadians against testing the legal system based on the magistrate’s expressed view. There are several specific provisions in the Directive that speak clearly and unequivocally to the fundamental rule that Barbadians are simply not to leave their residences except they are engaged in permissible activity and during the times allowed.
“Be assured that the members of the Royal Barbados Police Force will continue to apply the terms of the Directive strictly for as long as this curfew remains in effect.”
https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/245161/attorney-responds-article-curfew-law
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WELCOME TO ENGLISH SPEAKING VENEZUELA, CUBA, CHINA AND NORTH KOREA.
SURE PUNCHING OVER WEIGHT IN REMOVING PEOPLES RIGHTS AND FREEDOM.
UNFAVORABLE ARTICLE APPEARS IN NEWSPAPER RAPID 24HR RESPONSE BY DO NOTHING ATTORNEY GENERAL FAR WORST THAN ADRIEL BRAITHWAITHE DLP AG.
HOWEVER IN 2 YEARS
NO TRANSPARENCY LEGISLATION
NO INTEGRITY LEGISLATION
NO DLP POLITICIANS OR BUSINESS MEN/WOMEN PROSECUTIONS
CONTINUATION OF GIVING OUT GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WITHOUT TENDERS
THIS ATTORNEY GENERAL LIKE MIA MOTTLEY AND HER CABAL HAS ONE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WHICH IS TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AT ANY COST.
BLACK PEOPLE CAN’T BE SO DUMB THAT THEY CAN’T DISTINGUISH AN APPLE FROM AN ORANGE.
‘GIMME THE VOTE AND WATCH MUH” DESTROY WHAT LITTLE IS LEFT OF BARBADOS,
Bajeposa you have been exposed as a fraud and like Mariposa a Dem lackey.To make a ridiculous statement that Mr Marshall is worst as AG than Mr do little Mr Brathwsite is laughable at best.You really should be in co.edy fest.I am more convinced thst you are an angry ex Minister who no longer enjoys the sweet life hence your bitching on here everyday since May 2018. My advice take a hike it will not help you , the Dems or the political nightwathman.Bajans are focused on ovrrcoming the covid 19 not in your petty political agenda.
Bajeposa you have been exposed as a fraud and like Mariposa a Dem lackey.To make a ridiculous statement that Mr Marshall is worst as AG than Mr do little Mr Brathwsite is laughable at best.You really should be in co.edy fest.I am more convinced thst you are an angry ex Minister who no longer enjoys the sweet life hence your bitching on here everyday since May 2018. My advice take a hike it will not help you , the Dems or the political nightwathman.Bajans are focused on ovrrcoming the covid 19 not in your petty political agenda.
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I WISH I WAS AN EX-DLP MINISTER AS YOU ALLEGED BECAUSE I WOULD BE RICH IN MY ILL GOTTEN GAINS OVER 10 YEARS SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT MY CORRUPT RICHES WOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED BY YOUR BLP TEAM.
IN FACT I WOULD BE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BAAAANNNNNKKKKK.
WHILST THANKING MIA AND THE BLP FOR KEEPING MY LOOT OF ILL GOTTEN GAINS FROM TAX PAYERS MONEY MADE THROUGH BRIBES AND KICKBACKS.
IDIOT.
“It is also regrettable that his commentary is likely to lead Barbadians to doubt the validity of the Directive and its force in law..”
how insulting to Barbadians who already know they are all LIARS, THIEVES and INCOMPETENTS….they are still insulting and disrespecting the intelligence of the average Bajan…they who refused to close the borders in the initial stages of the spread of the plague..
but ticktock..
at least they are no longer trying to look like the (Z)heros we all know they are.
It seems to me that Magistrate Bannister owes the AG an apology for calling the Directive No 3 “poorly drafted”. He should stop being so polite and let his real opinion be known – the document is not even piss-poorly drafted. Surely the tea lady in the AG’s office would know that if the intent is to impose a 24 hour curfew you don’t word the very first headline clause of the directive: “A curfew is hereby imposed throughout Barbados from the 15th April, 2020 to midnight on 3rd May, 2020 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m each day”.
The AG is like the Emperor with no clothes here. What is obvious to everyone else he has failed to notice.
Rather than publicly berating the Magistrate he should be thanking him for pointing out the confusion and issuing clarification for the public.
Those are the kinds of clowns making policies in times of crisis
We have a medical authority one Carter spouting nonsense of no new cases when limited testing are to those in isolation centres or referral by doctors
Hence 33 Trinidians are supposed to be known as barbadian nationals
No one knows the identity or the origin of those in isolation centres
The truth lies in how many barbadians so far has been tested
Carter and other medical authorities gets before media and throws around numbers expecting them to stick in the minds of all
Not all people are that gullible
@ Shamola April 24, 2020 4:02 AM
Just a case of pure simple Commonsense, innit?
Instead you get a lot political palaver laced with an overdose of arro-ignorance.
Why not stay beyond any shadow of legal doubt by stating: ‘For any 24 hour period from 6.00 am on any day to 6: 00 am on the following until 6.00 am of May 4th 2020’.
Or some other similar catchall clause to cover the square corners of the corral containing the law which is an ass.
APR 22nd
60 TEST DONe
3 released from isolation – leaves 57
No trini = 0
even if you tested 10 in isolation/ to be soon released – total = 47 new tests
Results STILL = 0 NEW CASES
YOU JUST CAN PLEASE EVERYBODY. SOME ARE SO BLASTED FOOLISH AND BLINDED THAT NO AMOUNT OF GOOD NUMBERS WILL EVER STICK IN THEIR MINDS AT ALL!
if 1000 test is done tomorrow and u get 1 positive or if it only1 test and 1 positive case there will be personal celebrations by some.
@ Miller
These are clauses from the three separate emergency orders issued to date:
A curfew is hereby imposed throughout Barbados from the 28th March, 2020 to the 14th April, 2020 between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m
A curfew is hereby imposed throughout Barbados from the 3rd April, 2020 to midnight on 14th April, 2020 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the following day.
A curfew is hereby imposed throughout Barbados from the 15th April, 2020 to midnight on 3rd May, 2020 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. each day.
Points worth noting:
1/ Its clear that the clause from the first directive (when the curfew was not intended to be 24 hours) was just dressed up for versions 2 and 3 without much thought, especially with regards to the 24 hour issue. Lazy drafting.
2/ By version 3 the AG’s office seem to have mastered time travel as the curfew is to go from “6 pm to 6 am each day”.
3/ When is midnight on May 3rd? Is it as May 2nd expires, or as May 4th begins? For avoidance of doubt surely it should be stated as being at 12.01 am on either the 3rd or the 4th.
4/ What sense is there in having a curfew expire at midnight – so some party cruises can be planned? Surely the curfew should end at 6 am.
The Magistrate was more correct than perhaps even he realised. The AG should discontinue the display of hubris.
@ Miller
These are clauses from the three separate emergency orders issued to date:
A curfew is hereby imposed throughout Barbados from the 28th March, 2020 to the 14th April, 2020 between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m
A curfew is hereby imposed throughout Barbados from the 3rd April, 2020 to midnight on 14th April, 2020 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the following day.
A curfew is hereby imposed throughout Barbados from the 15th April, 2020 to midnight on 3rd May, 2020 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. each day.
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DEMONSTRATION OF WONDERFUL INCOMPETENCE AND FOOLISH ARROGANCE.
THE DO NOTHING BULLSHITTER ATTORNEY GENERAL DALE MARSHALL “TEETS” MUST HAVE FAILED READING COMPREHENSION AT SECONDARY SCHOOL.
LIKE I KEEP SAYING THE LOCAL DLP & BLP POLITICIANS ARE EXPERTS IN INEPTNESS AND CORRUPTION.
@ Baje
The attorney general made that attack on the magistrate because there is no one in control. The government is drifting. I ask again, where is the president?
If she went in to hospital for a ‘medical procedure’ and came out and was given six weeks to recuperate, it just cannot be a routine matter. Boris Johnson was on a life support machine and spent 11 days in total and will be back at work on Monday. Heart attack victims are in and out of hospital in a week and back at work after two weeks. Cancer victims are in and out within a week.
I do not think we are being told the full truth.
The president came off her sick be on April 11 to announce her new emergency economic committee, and only gave us two names. Where are the other names? Why did she do this? The nation is in crisis and the captain is in sick bay. Captain, the ship is sinking.
Here we go again, comparing a person recovering from an operation to someone who had a virus that has passed through the system l
@HA
“If she went in to hospital for a ‘medical procedure’ and came out and was given six weeks to recuperate, it just cannot be a routine matter.”
I am a medical ignoramus. What I can tell you, is that between my wife, and one of her sisters, they had both had gynecological procedures in January. One an ovary removal, the other a hysterectomy. The former was due to genetic testing, which tested she possessed the gene which could lead to ovarian cancer of which there was a family history. The latter due to a non life threatening matter. in BOTH cases the recuperation period, as provided by the doctors, was 5-8 weeks!!!! (shorter if one procedure was done by laparoscopy) Not being a surgeon, though both seemed to be common, I cannot say they are routine. Surgery always has risks.
I do not know the exact procedure on the PM, but you just might be continuing down the wrong path. I said from day one of your interrogation of the PM’s medical issues, it was disingenuous. I continue to wish her a speedy and full recovery.
I see Yugge is back atop the posts!!!
KARMA
I am very pleased that the state of emergency has been extended until the end of June. However, we should make the state of emergency the normal state of affairs.
No parliamentary elections before 2030.
The lockdown lasts now far longer in Barbados than in China. Even the Chinese ambassador is looking jealously at our Prime Minister.
I would not be surprised if a Chinese delegation were to come soon to learn from our emergency legislation.
While the people sleep.govt continues its rampage of stepping on peoples rights
https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/04/25/lawyers-accuse-govt-of-sidestepping-consultation-on-sweeping-changes/amp/
Lawyers accuse Govt of sidestepping consultation on sweeping changes
After reading the article previously and now submitted by the above commenter i had imagined all those previously prattling on with their bull shit would take up this new revelation and, light up BU with their comments. Sadly this was not the case, I had half expect Mr Franklyn and Jeff Cumberbatch to weigh in on the matter, nary a peek outta dum. I therefore can only conclude that for the most part, the men in Barbados are all pussies who can only brag and boast about their Alma Mater, but for the most are spineless as yellow bananas.
Pilgrim also expressed fears that with Government’s overwhelming numbers in Parliament, Barbadians could wake up one morning and realize that trial by jury had been abolished.
“I don’t know what’s next because Government can do whatever it likes…clearly…and they don’t feel the need to represent the people. And in this case I represent the people, so I am totally disappointed and disillusioned with that type of activity especially when everybody in this country is thinking about COVID-19,” Pilgrim complained.
“So you bring out changes under the COVID-19, and then moments later, you are attempting to change the law on jury trials for murder in a country that has been criticized by the highest court in the land – that is the Caribbean Court of Justice – saying that we rely too heavily on confessions to get convictions for murder. Now we are now tilting the battlefield in favour of a prosecution that is relying on confessions 99.9 per cent of the time.”
https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/04/25/lawyers-accuse-govt-of-sidestepping-consultation-on-sweeping-changes/
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MIA AND HER INEPT CORRUPT LAWYER MATES DON’T GIVE A SHITE ABOUT THE LOCALS AND THEIR RIGHTS.
LOOK AT THEIR PRIORITIES NONE OF IT HAS TO DO WITH LOOKING OUT FOR THE MASSES.
WELCOME NORTH KOREA, VENEZUELA, CHINA, CUBA.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF “GIMME THE VOTE AND WATCH MUH”.
De ole man is sure dat de Honourable Blogmaster real sorry he post dis article
1,700 posts now appended by this serious addition by Andrew Pilgrim about the same issue of Mugabe changing rules and regulations
and Franklyn’s article now followed by Andrew Pilgrim’s he got to be real vex1
WHAT IS THE MAIN THING ABOUT THESE TWO MATTERS that needs to be mentioned?
The fact that many of the Laws in the Barbados Constitution are being changed AS MUGABE FEELS.
The fact that these changes are increasing in their regularity, now it’s down to every month and, as usual, people only find out about the changes, until after the changes have been made.
So when you start to listen to Senator Franklyn and QC Pilgrim what are they both saying?
They are saying this
ALL dictators have the same characteristics like Mugabe.
She is an autocratic ruler, wants to be the single Ruler of Barbados for LIFE.
And, as these daily changes in the laws are showing there is no governing body, no parliament, no senate, no governor general to control her power
Notice that, as will all dictators like her Hitlerian model, she is employing and deploying. the foundations of a totalitarian regime
Even down to the detail of Mugabe using her secret police, Chief, Charles Me Love you Long Time (who Tron Ye Olde Sexton has taken to insulting)
Long Time is now spying on Bajans daily as Mugabe puts her untimate plan in place FOR PRESIDENT FOR LIFE!!!
Sometimes one has to respond to lies and misinformation before it takes flight. This is unfortunate when all of us are busy with matters that should be given priority. This blogmaster extended an open invitation to Caswell Franklyn (Senator) to use BU as a medium to convey his message when he feels to many years ago and it has not been withdrawn.
But David what (are)or do u have any responses to give in reference to govt taking unusual liberties in dumbing down barbadians interest in govt pursuit of stomping against people civil rights as guaranteed in the Constitution
The article in local media stating lawyers concerns should have been highlighted as a posted article on BU by which to.open the eyes of the people
David why did u remove the Trinidadian posting from the list of topics
This issue is not going away any time soon as repeated out burst and blame would be shouted across the waters
I did say that by barbados sticking its nose in the Trinidad 33problem that the the ending would be ugly
Now we have statements coming out of Trinidad by their Foreign Minister accusing Barbados govt of interfering in their internal problems to cause division
Maybe some where deep in your heart you will find the decency to apologize for another lie told. The comment is directed at Spot on also.
@ Mariposa
The French philosopher Voltaire is reported as saying: I disapprove of what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it. This is the principle of free speech. Censorship is more anti-democratic than the dictator’s gun. So a blog that pretends to be democratising free speech while censoring contributors is in fact controlling the narrative.
David dont change the issue nothing in articles i referenced has Mariposa name
However it is mindboggling that in the epicentre of a crisis when govt is using law to erode the rights of people your silence is dumfounding
Wheel and come again
Barbadians civil rights are under attack and you do not have the decency to voice an opinion by way of an article
Btw i refuse to answer your nonsense about lie
Meanwhile Trinidad has unleashed a war of words against Barbados for meddling in their foreign affairs
Where is Mottley to answer such a damming charge
Her absence is notable across social media
Here is the Trinidad link.
https://barbadosunderground.net/2020/04/09/trinidad-slams-door-shut-on-trinis-stranded-in-barbados/
@ Mariposa
Maybe some where deep in your heart you will find the decency to apologize for another lie told. The comment is directed at Spot on also. (Quote)
Don’t let the sharp shooters on BU get away with making serious allegations of lying. Get them to detail the time and place when you lied and what you said and the context. Let them prove it or shut up.
It is cheap and nasty to accuse people of lying, but more difficult to prove it. I was once accused of claiming to be a landlord on BU. A total fabrication. But the lie was made to support a broader tissue of lies. They know what they are doing, but cannot help it. It is the Bajan Condition. Score points no matter the truth of what you are saying. Eric ‘Fly’ Sealy used to gamble in my mother’s shop and used to gossip a lot. I am familiar with the tactic.
Hal as my mother would say it takes one to know what
What he is referring is beyond me accept to agree with your premise of using lowdown dirty shots to attack and disarm the opponent
The blp footsoldiers can try with all might but i will not back down
Any one with whom the foot soldiers concerns of lies should lie would be that of a govt who have mislead the people into a false sense of security with the half truths information via COVID daily updates which suggested that Barbados had no new Corona victims when now only that which is realized is that govt officials only tested those in isolation schedule for release
The story is embarrassing and if such happened in international countries the press would have intervened asking questions of clarification and holding govt feet to fire
@ Piece the Legend April 25, 2020 9:32 PM
How dare you, the crazy Greta Thunberg would say.
You constantly confuse a totalitarian dictatorship, directed against the will of the people, with the one-party democracy desired by the people. There is a huge difference. The people are free to choose the distribution of seats in parliament, even 30-0.
Those who attack the government for its omnipotence are thereby undermining the will of the people as the basis of democracy.
@ Tron ye older Sexton
You are saying that these Constitutional changes by Mugabe that are removing the rights of the people, are indeed genuine democracy ar work?
Piece You Prophet!
It is not a great challenge to criticize the government, but all the more so to justify all its moves. That’s why I’m taking the government’s side in this chess game. My job is to turn stones into gold, sh** into bread and p*ss into lemonade. But don’t think I see myself in the role of Jesus of Nazareth. Think of me more as the digital and intellectuall Phantom Squad.
So let me explain my state theory on fundamental rights in a one-party democracy with unity of power. In the last election, the citizens did not want a competition of opinions, no bickering dissent, but harmony, concord and perfection. In other words, not the typical Caribbean chatter in parliament, but Chinese (mainland) principles. This prohibits any procedural involvement of trade unions, professional associations, affected parties in the legislation. All this would disturb the great harmony of leader, party and people.
Similarly, in May 2018, the constitutional rights of the people were transformed. Constitutional rights are primarily rights of defence against the state. But since people and state, state and party are one in a one-party democracy, the people no longer need to be protected from the state by civil rights. For fundamental rights would, so to speak, only protect the people from themselves in a one-party democracy; in other words, human rights would incapacitate the people. Or in other words: you can’t be in a legal relationship at both ends at once.
Conclusion: If the government protected human rights, it would incapacitate people. Conversely, the abolition of these rights is only an act of emacipatory liberation.
@ Tron
If it were that you were not technically so right, one would call you wrong and then add on something to dilute or discredit what you have said.
Please return to your jester self for your reasoned submission renders I, Piece the Prophet (Prophet in its secular definition only) speechless.
@ Whitehill
You said and de ole man quotes
“…After reading the article previously and now submitted by the above commenter i had imagined all those previously prattling on with their bull shit would take up this new revelation and, light up BU with their comments.
Sadly this was not the case, I had half expect Mr Franklyn and Jeff Cumberbatch to weigh in on the matter, nary a peek outta dum.
I therefore can only conclude that for the most part, the men in Barbados are all pussies who can only brag and boast about their Alma Mater, but for the most are spineless as yellow bananas.”
De ole man is not went to school long so tings like alma mater I only hear from me grandson
But de ole man wonders why would Jeff Cumberbatch come to Barbados Underground and speak to a sidebar?
To be fair to the new judge can we not rely on some Rules of Judicial Behaviour related to Judges?
It would really make the Judge Cumberbatch into a real “pussy” to rush to Barbados Underground and defend this matter.
What makes you feel that you can come and taunt him, a man who we here know to be quite unshakeable, and get him to respond?
Both men are operating under certain constraints but yet you call Senator Franklyn the same thing
Why you dont do it yourself?
Start the ball rolling and leh we see which Alma Mater you went to and if you got a spine yourself
De ole man dont think that you will go into this area even though I goaded you like you seek to goad the gents though
heheheheheheeheheh
Mr. Piece the legend, I thought by my submission I had gotten the ball rolling: what more do you want from me? What am I to do, read and spell for you lot. As for you defending a certain gentleman who once played with us here on BU, you can’t see sarcasm minus the Clorox. However, I still maintain there are too many pussies about not covered by skirts or panties.
your assistance please Honourable Blogmaster with a comment for Whitehill
@ Whitehill
Notwithstanding the fact that you did not set the ball rolling yourself heheheheheheh de ole man also agrees with you about there being an abundance of pussies in Barbados.
But definitely not the Luminary Jeff Cumberbatch and NOT Senator Caswell Franklyn
@ Piece the Legend, so we agree on some and disagree on others…what the hell,,,stay well.
Piece, Oh You Prophet,
I wouldn’t be surprised if the leader soon catapults you into a high advisory position so that you can finally find your inner peace, like Jeff, by looking at your account balance every month.
Be careful, though, not everyone does so well in the consultancy position. I know a man called OSA who’s being burned at GECOM, LIAT and the COVID Council at the same time.
And you be safe out there in the fray Whitehill.
And be watchful of these clowns in Barbados and elsewhere
@ Whitehill,
Can you believe that an article with 1,733 entries get completely bounce off Barbados Underground’s Recent Posts and Top Posts?
You see what the job of the Honourable Blogmaster is???
Minister of Disinformation heheheheheheh
@Piece the legend, that being the case I can see why you may arrive at your conclusions.
@ Tron ye olde Sexton
How can a 1,733 blog like thus record Caswell Franklyn article, be killed?
Ask the True Owners of BU
Tron you ever read any articles about South Korea under Park and his practices against dissenters?
You should
It shows you some imminent insights between this Mugabe regime constitution diluting action and where, IF SHE IS ALLOWED TO GO, people like you will be in 10 years
“…Prisoners (like Tron) have come under extreme pressure to sign statements of “repentance.”
The contents of the statements vary but they generally include an admission of wrongdoing, such as having criticized President Park (Mugabe Mottley), an expression of regret, a promise not to repeat the crime (of commenting on Barbados Underground and other social media sites) and to lead a “quiet life” (to include not even opening a BBC NEWS ARTICLE) and a recognition that the suspended prison sentence could be reimposed…”
Piece You Prophet,
Anyone who, like me, justifies the constitutional revolution is no dissenter. Rather, I provide our esteemed Prime Minister with the explosives to bring down the old state structures and consolidate her rule against impudent senators and notorious rebels like you.
Tron ye olde Sexton
Here is an item for you to reflect on
https://imgur.com/hOI3det
Piece,
No FIVE years. TWENTY years, please.
Our leader must stay in office until 2038. Then a relative shall continue her leadership. We need a Mottley dynasty.
1739 comments yet de Minister of Disinformation ent even got dis item in he lists
In the interest of debunking lies. The algorithm that determines the blogs in the Top Post is controlled by WordPress and NOT the blogmaster. It is based on comments, clickes and type of referrer.
@ Piece the Legend,
@ the Honourable Blogmaster your help here please with an item for Senator Franklyn
@ Piece the Legend,
Sometime ( before covid ) David suggested that I should go to see a G G concert in Amsterdam.
I should have taken his advice.
That trip is atill on my bucket list but I willmhave to go to Barbados first.
My Brother Hants,
I see that you have quadrupled your musical appreciation(s) and de ole man can see why you would have wanted to enjoy this foursome.
She is a lovely young lady and she sings up a storm.
I am prayerful that you will be able to make this journey and experience your digital musical love in all her vocal and physical splendour