Ok! I just finished reading the press release the AG sent out over the jamming he was getting since the Guardian broke the news about some law parliament passed which will give certain persons a 'get out of jail free' card. I'd be thankful if you publish what I have to say about the press release and stuff related to that law, since I'm also hearing certain highly respected people saying things about the same law, since the Guardian publicized the information.
Firstly, the AG must know I find his press release language was too aggressive for my liking. And if I don't like it, he can put pot on fire many other people don't like it either. I'll explain in a while why I find it is too aggressive, meantime I am asking the AG to seek guidance from his advisers in future before shooting from the hip, because from his record before and since becoming AG, only a real hater would object to me saying the AG is a good man, whose heart is in the right place when it comes to making sure people get proper justice when they are wronged, even when the traditional oddsmakers say no justice for them.
That's why the Prime Minister chose him above many seniors (or seniors in age, like Mr de Lima) to be the AG of Trinidad and Tobago. Secondly, I'm seeing in the newspapers again and hearing on the tv news where Mr Colm Imbert is saying the law is ambiguous and it has a loophole. Mr Imbert is also recommending the AG should come back to parliament quickly to have the loophole closed. Mr Imbert needs to explain to me if he voted for the law or didn't vote for the law, since in parliament you could only separate goat from sheep by division, not by adding up everybody, and this law suddenly seems to be a goat and sheep matter, even though it was stitched together using wool from both sets of animals, meaning, opposition and government reached across the party politics divide to embrace and say "I do!" when the Speaker asked them if the were in favour.
And if I need an explanation from him, he can put pot on the fire many other people need an explanation too. Thirdly, the media itself needs some licks, because we still rely a lot on the media for proper information, not insinuation. Nobody could convince me the way the story was published wasn't to create confusion rather than heal. I worked in the foreign media in my early adult years and I could tell you, from that experience I came to fully appreciate the meaning of "knowledge is power" and "hearsay has no place except faraway".
Ayodele Chieng
Irving Street, in Petit Bourg