Friday Comment:The Yugge Farrell Affair
One Caribbean Nation.
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| Yugge Farrell |
The Mahogany Court Group
We are aware that our culture has long accepted that some of
our politicians see themselves as village rams. Unlike many countries, we tend
to ignore the adventurism of our male politicians, largely leaving their private
lives to local gossip and lighthearted comment. However, that approach is
rapidly changing because of the thrust toward gender equality and more respect
for our women.
Against this background, we are concerned about recent
events in St. Vincent, involving, Mr. Camillo Gonzalves, the Minister of
Finance and model, Ms.Yugge Farrell. It is of very special interest because Gonzalves is the
son of Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonzales, who himself was once involved in
negative activity involving a female.
It is alleged that Ms. Farrell was in a relationship with the younger Gonzalves,which
went sour and this led to her approaching the minister’s wife, in a public
manner. Ms.Farrell was then arrested, and apparently, under court/police orders, under went psychiatric care,
including being prescribed certain drugs. Many activists have concluded that
this treatment of Ms. Farrell was senselessly extreme and designed to protect the younger
Gonzalves.
We are therefore making it very clear, that we will oppose
any attempt to use political power and or connections, to deny any citizen, male
of female, their rights to the proper dispensation of justice. We therefore are
in total solidarity, with those lawyers and others who have assisted Ms. Farrell, in
this matter by securing bail for her.
We now look forward to Ms. Farrell having her day in court and
hope that such high-handed attempts to suppress the rights of any citizen, are
never again attempted in St. Vincent or any regional state. We also need to rid
ourselves of those male politicians who continue to believe that high office,
is to be used to promote their village ram approach to our women folk.
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