While I hold no brief for the Minister of National Security, Jack Warner, he is held in esteem by some as one of the hardest working ministers ever, and others as a modern day Robin Hood by the good he has done.The fact is, he may be right in some of his assessments of his detractors as they continue to lay unsubstantiated allegations, innuendo and accusations, making him stronger and wiser with every failure to prove their case.
A hunter always hunts his prey in silence until the right moment when he is sure to make his kill. The facts are that Mr Warner has never been charged for any fraud or misappropriation of funds. At present, there is no charge, no police investigation, no parliamentary inquiry, no integrity commission enquiry, therefore there is no charge. This is not "beating around the bush," this is "beating the bush."
There will never be any charge unless there is the political will and incontrovertible proof is provided by way of unaccounted funds backed up by audited accounts for every entity that he is allegedly responsible to. In the absence of this, everything is just dust in the wind, and Mr Warner knows this, that is why he is not worried.
In his official capacity as part of several governing bodies, Mr Warner was entitled to legitimate funding, this together with his many business interests and enterprises and personal accounts, it is well nigh impossible to obtain any money trail to prove fraud, not even talking about getting information legally.
Mr Warner has achieved the distinction of becoming a world figure, that puts him amongst the elite, the people that run the world. The kind of privilege and immunity these people have is unbelievable.
Its just the reality of the world we live in, much like the Clico debacle. You can run an insurance company like a bank, that means you can lend, acquire holdings or be illiquid to the tune of maybe $20 billion before you qualify for a bailout. You can diversify legitimate business interests to such an extent, that a money trail can be impossible to obtain and yet be able to spin off private wealth.
It's the ways things are done in the world today. So when Mr Duprey said "I didn't do anything wrong," I agreed with him.My advice to Mr Warner's detractors is, if you don't have incontrovertible evidence of wrongdoing, don't waste your time and other people's time; remember you can get a government bailout in this country, once you qualify.
Joel Quintal,
San Fernando