By: Mike Rudon Jr.
Man that dratted Bar Association, getting on Mr. Barrow's nerves again. Imagine all those learned attorneys ganging up on that poor, sweet gentleman who is obviously only trying to do the best he can to ensure that justice is properly handed down. Imagine all those learned attorneys from both sides of the political divide launching a constitutional challenge of our gentle leader's policy of giving Justices of Appeal limited contracts renewable on his whim. How dare they? How dare they insinuate by their actions that Mr. Barrow would ever, ever try to exert undue influence on the Judiciary? No, not our sainted leader whose integrity is sacrosanct and whose word is his bond (chuckle, chuckle)! Those bad, bad people in the Bar Association, trying to make our beloved big cheese look bad when all it would have taken is a congenial sit-down and he would have explained the whole thing. Jeez, heaven knows Mr. Barrow has always welcomed input from the Bar Association, going out of his way to encourage dialogue between that body and his Executive in every decision that affects the justice system. Heaven knows that our humble leader is always approachable, always accessible and always open minded. Ayyy, I feel sorry for Mr. Barrow…the cross that poor man must bear.
For the benefit of those idiots over there at the UDP Guardian who are reading this with puzzled looks on their faces trying to figure out how to cut and paste the previous paragraph onto one of their sick masturbatory pieces on Mr. Barrow – it's called sarcasm. I didn't fall and hit my head this morning and suddenly believe that Mr. Barrow is a good and great man. I still think he's a damned idiot who isn't fit to wear the shoes of a leader and got the opportunity solely because of his golden tongue and certainly not because of any real ability. And yeah, there is this itsy bitsy little fact that we haven't seen any real ability from his so called brilliance since he took office, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Boss, nobody trusts you anymore. Your word isn't worth two pieces of cow dung anymore. I believe, and this is just my humble opinion, that the only thing that has saved you from open revolt so far is that your proclivity toward dictatorship and blind arrogance and nepotism and megalomania is so blatant that people just can't really get a grip on it. It's like – nah, he didn't just do something like that cause then that would mean that we have our very own little home grown local version of Mugabe. But yeah, the thing is that he did just do something like that…and there, he just did it again and again and again. Seriously!
Hell, it was all grins and giggles for me when I saw the newscast in which the PM in all his pomposity stated – but it didn't even have to go so far…the Bar Association could have just come and talk to me and I would have cleared everything right up. Yeah right, buddy, did you stop to think that there's a very good reason that the Bar Association decided not to go to you but instead immediately launched a constitution challenge? Your word cannot be trusted. Nobody believes you when you say that you are only trying to regulate the Judiciary. Nobody believes you when you say that you would never, ever even think about using your influence to interfere in the Judiciary. The long and short of it is that people don't believe you and don't trust you. The Bar Association is governed to a large extent by diplomacy and couldn't come out and say it but that's the clear message – WE NO TRUST YOU and in fine print…and we believe damned well that you are making moves to tamper with and influence the Judiciary so we don't know who you think you are fooling with your posturing and pontificating. The message is there, clear as crystal.
It's a little scary that the leader of this nation can sit back and claim a knowledge and insight greater than the combined wisdom of the Bar Association. It's more than a little scary that more than 100 learned attorneys with many years of experience in the administration of justice can see something so wrong with one of Mr. Barrow's policies, but that all-seeing, all-knowing gentleman can claim that they are all short-sighted and off in their perception. The truth is there, says Mr. Barrow…you all only had to ask me and I would have given it to you. But the truth according to Mr. Barrow is a horse of a totally different colour. The entire country and the region watched as Mr. Barrow appointed his brother to the Court of Appeal (by the way, is your brother being put on a one year contract as well?). The entire country watched as Mr. Barrow launched an outright and seemingly personal attack on the Chief Justice of Belize, railroading him off the Bench. The entire country and the region have watched as Mr. Barrow seeks to enact legislation which would seriously undermine the provision and administration of justice in this nation.
And then Mr. Barrow rises behind the pulpit and decries the escalation of crime and violence which have the nation in a stranglehold, even as he attacks the judicial and justice systems from within. The time will come when Mr. Barrow will be stopped in his tracks. A leader without the trust of his people is bound to fall. Mr. Barrow is not to be trusted. Mr. Barrow will fall.
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Source: The Belize Times
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