Kail­fa Clyne

No Con­fi­dence 2013-05-20

For­mer jus­tice min­is­ter and MP for St Joseph Her­bert Vol­ney said the e-mails read by Op­po­si­tion Leader Kei­th Row­ley in Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day con­firmed he was used as the "fall guy" in the Sec­tion 34 fi­as­co.

Vol­ney, who was re­moved from his post as Jus­tice Min­is­ter af­ter be­ing ac­cused of mis­lead­ing the Gov­ern­ment in the procla­ma­tion of the con­tro­ver­sial leg­is­la­ture, had this to say about Row­ley's dis­clo­sure:"I think it will serve to con­firm what I have been say­ing be­fore, which is that I was used and made to take the fall for oth­er peo­ple."

Dur­ing yes­ter­day's mo­tion of no con­fi­dence against the Prime Min­is­ter and the Gov­ern­ment, Row­ley read what he claimed were e-mails sent over the course of 17 days be­tweenanan@gmail.com and kam­lapb1@gmail.com.Vol­ney said it was clear that Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar had re­ceived bad ad­vice and con­tin­ued to re­ceive bad ad­vice from At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Anand Ram­lo­gan.

"I have nev­er trust­ed the AG and I don't think the coun­try trusts the AG. I am just glad that it has all come out in the open," he said.Vol­ney said while there was de­nial of the e-mails yes­ter­day in Par­lia­ment, there was a list of de­tails cor­rob­o­rat­ed by ac­tu­al oc­cur­rences."What it amounts to is cir­cum­stan­tial ev­i­dence as proof but this is usu­al­ly con­sid­ered com­pelling."Vol­ney said he was deeply moved by the dis­clo­sure and had to hold in his emo­tions dur­ing Row­ley's con­tri­bu­tion.