The position of Speaker has been compromised in unethical fashion

– iNews poll concocted, has no merit

ACCORDING to an iNewsguyana.com report (http://www.inewsguyana.com/Raphael Trotman-should-remain-in-speaker-position-despite-sex-allegations-inews-poll/) a poll was done which found that Raphael Trotman should remain in the Speaker position despite the sex allegations. No one seems to have heard of such a poll being conducted, so questions abound, such as: 1) How was this poll conducted?
2) When (during what timeframe) was this poll done?
3) Where (place or places) was this poll conducted?
4) Across which/what diaspora (especially political affiliation) of the Guyanese community was the poll conducted?
5) Which poll results were rejected?
6) What means/method(s) were used to conduct this poll?
7) How can iNews refer to 1,300 persons of the approximate 800,000 people in the Guyanese community as ‘many’?
8) Was access to the poll granted to the approximate 800,000 people of Guyana?
9) Were any children (potential victims) polled and if so how many?
10) Were victims of paedophilia polled?

If these criteria are not met, I can therefore conclude that the iNews report has no merit and it seems that this News Report of a poll is a farce with the intent on swaying the public’s support in favour of Raphael Trotman against Johnny Welshman. The article reveals the prejudiced stance that the iNewsGuyana.com has taken in showing it is politically affiliated in its support of Raphael Trotman and the Opposition’s self-interests, and has no interest in justice being done in the Courts of Law.
iNews has therefore shown with this concocted poll that it is not neutral, or at least biased towards defending and protecting a child or any child of Guyana, especially from paedophilia.
Even the NGOs have shown they will not protest on behalf of Johnny Welshman against Raphael Trotman, showing they support Opposition self-interests and only rally on the call from the Opposition to do protests. These NGOs have therefore shown that they are by extension, arms of the Opposition.
After Johnny Welshman made his allegations public, he has been gagged with an injunction, sued for Gy$50 million, approached with settlement money, approached with ‘hush-money’, and threatened, all by various persons who have their motives influenced by expectations, pay-offs and rewards.
According to Johnny Welshman, even the lives of lawyers were threatened so as to prevent him (Johnny Welshman) from getting legal representation. These persons may be agents of Raphael Trotman and his lawyer Nigel Hughes, and/or the Opposition but won’t Raphael Trotman be indebted to them for their efforts?
Aren’t many of these efforts such as threatening the lives of lawyers also criminal actions? Due to the protection coming from his colleagues in the Opposition and/or their agents, Raphael Trotman will be indebted and in return he will be required to grant favours to those colleagues and/or their agents of the Opposition through his position of Speaker of the National Assembly.
After the injunction, Johnny Welshman could not use the media to voice his allegations, while Raphael Trotman was making full use of the media to sway public confidence in his (Raphael Trotman) alleged innocence. During a press release after gagging Welshman, Trotman said he never represented anyone who was charged with a heinous crime but yet he took as his lawyer his very own colleague Nigel Hughes who has a reputation of representing people charged with heinous crimes.
All the above shows that the seat of the Speaker is compromised in unethical fashion as all those who seek to exploit the position of the Speaker, have rushed to and will rush to the aid of Raphael Trotman who in return will owe rewards of his Office to ‘all-and-sundry’. It is time the Guyanese Diaspora ask whether they’re supporting the self-interests of Raphael Trotman, Nigel Hughes and the Opposition, or whether they are serving and supporting the interests of the Guyanese people including the children.

BALRAM SINGH

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