Published 28 May 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
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MP calls on DPP and COP to investigate PM Harris
Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 29, 2018 – Deputy Political Leader of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, Hon. Marcella Liburd wants Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris to be investigated for an alleged offence of bribery.
Liburd, the Central Basseterre Member of Parliament has called on Director of Public Prosecution, Mr. Valston Graham and Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ian Queeley, to investigate Dr. Harris’ alleged involvement into the Peter Virdee bribery scandal as it is an illegal offence.
Liburd drew reference to the recent resignation of Hon. Asot Michael, an Antigua and Barbuda minister, whose name is also mentioned in the Peter Virdee scandal pointing out that the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Gaston Browne, is on the record that the matter is one that would tarnish any government, and taint the credibility of any country.
“It is for these reasons Prime Minister Harris should resign as the well-being of the country depends on it,” said Liburd.
She added: “He cannot serve in this government as it is too much of a distraction. It hangs over the government and the country. Attempted bribery is a crime in St. Kitts. I am challenging the Police Commissioner and the DPP to take up this matter. Are standards of good governance and integrity different in Antigua and Barbuda and other countries than here in St. Kitts and Nevis? Do we have a different standard?”
West Basseterre MP, Hon. Konris Maynard is of the view that the action of Prime Minister Harris could be seen as a “personal admission of guilt” regarding the London Bribery Scandal, having hired Dr. Henry Browne QC, whom the Prime Minister has said is “the best criminal lawyer in the Caribbean.”
“You are accused of being a part of a bribery scheme and scandal and the first person you can think of going to is the best criminal lawyer, as you called them, in the Caribbean? That the first person you seek to get advice from, not even a constitutional lawyer or civil lawyer…? The mere fact that he has gone to the best criminal lawyer in the Caribbean can also be seen as an admission of guilt and he needs the best in order to defend him,” said Maynard.
Photo 1 – Hon. Marcela Liburd
Photo 2 – Mr. Valston Graham
Photo 3 – Mr. Ian Queeley
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