I support the West Indies cricket team and the PNM despite their ups and downs. So, fantastic as they be, I never applauded Aussie Glenn McGrath, nor Anand Ramlogan, the constant nettle in PNM's face. McGrath is now retired, because he reached the cricketer's retirement age. If politics was cricket, Ramlogan would be gone by now too.
However, I always get annoyed when a team unfairly tries to get the edge over the other, even when the other is a team I don't personally like. A local newspaper recently went after Ramlogan. It published a story (AG sues Wendy), which right away conjured up the image that Wendy Fitzwilliam, our Nubian queen, was being "put under manners" by the attorney general.
But, why was Wendy sued?
Wendy was the vice president/ general manager�business development at Evolving Technologies and Enterprise Development Company Ltd (eTecK). She was in eTecK's top drawer, not its poster girl. She cannot avoid responsibility for decisions made by eTecK while she was there.
Senior officials in any organisation are expected to explain or take the rap when things go wrong. We need to build such a culture quickly if we are ever to join the premier circles on the world stage.
The article indicates nothing sinister about the AG's motives. It mentions the lawsuit concerns the recovery of big time losses incurred by eTecK while Wendy was there. The eTecK lawsuit is a step in the right direction. Due to its desirability therefore, it must be allowed to proceed unhindered.
Journalists need to avoid cheap potshots by resolving to play the game the way the game was intended to be played. Journalism is a noble profession, not a frantic by-any-means-necessary, sledging-driven pursuit of increased online or hardcopy domination.
Be a good sport!
Concerned Citizen,
?Diego Martin