Dear Editor,

THE Facebook allegations, made against the Honourable Attorney- General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams has entered a not too unexpected phase of its existence, with the announcement of President David Arthur Granger that the Chief Legal Adviser of the State respond to issues raised in the anonymous letter.
This latest step, as requested by the President, is not surprising, given the fact that he is an evidence-based person who prefers the facts rather than hearsay or circumstantial evidence.

The many Commissions of Inquiry that he has ordered is a prime example of a chief executive who believes in being properly and fully informed, and being guided by detailed and proper investigations before he pronounces.
As Head of State/Government, he has the right to be concerned about allegations that are made against any of his Cabinet officers, and even other categories of high officials, especially given the nature of the allegations made against the government’s legal adviser in particular.

Editor, almost from the inception of the AG settling down into his office, there has been what can be only described as an orchestrated attempt to primarily brand him as incompetent. It did not have to take a forensic analyst to note the vicious and defamatory slander carried via these cowards on Facebook. They were wholly racist in content, as they were designed to bring his distinguished legal career into disrepute.
However, anyone reading his recent media response as to what he would have encountered when he initially commenced official duties, and the appropriate action he took to protect and safeguard his Chambers, would be able to appreciate the dark forces he has had to encounter, and their retaliatory actions.
I have every faith and belief that he will acquit himself against those allegations, which his detractors, in yet another act of wicked desperation, dug up from their pit of daily nastiness.

One would have also read where the president has challenged the authenticity of the statement, by calling on the person(s) to “put their names to the allegations and be prepared to defend them with evidence.” Of course, it is a fair and just demand; legal in every way. But as to whether such person(s) will come forward remains to be seen, given the cunning and devious manner in which such acts of political malignment continues to surface on social media. These are intended to do damage to persons’ characters in the nastiest of ways imaginable. One pauses to think what kinds of human beings would sink to such low depths of human depravity to defame someone, all in the name of seeking political power.

Regards,
Earl Hamilton