Rishard Khan
The political leader of the Progressive Empowerment Party (PEP), Phillip Edward Alexander, joins the national community in mourning the passing of former High Court judge and politician, Herbert Volney who died on Wednesday morning.
Taking to Facebook, Alexander described their relationship as progressively improving from a position of political adversaries to "something bordering on friendship" as they had running conversations on how to make this country better.
"There were of course things with which we still vehemently disagreed, but I had come to know him as someone whose interests and motives all were built on what he perceived as the best for the country, and I grew to respect that," he said.
"NOTHING in this country is black and white as much as we’d like to pretend otherwise, and it is in our shades of grey do we find our real selves. No person can be one thing or event. Kahlil Gibran said to judge you by your weakest link is to measure the power of the ocean by the frailty of its foam."
On this note and alluding to Volney's controversial involvement during his time on the national stage, Alexander said he believes "that where he was wrong he was remorseful, and where he was right (at least in his estimation), he was prepared to take the hits."
"In the final analysis of our lives, we all have to hope that our big picture was ultimately for the best. I live in the most corrupt country in the world and have come to be wary of putting my neck on a block for anybody, but in being willing to give the benefit of the doubt I have turned many an adversary into colleagues on a journey.
In the end, it all comes down to us and our God. May he go on to his deserved reward. Condolences to those left to mourn," he said.