‘Obeah played a part in elections!’ – Edmund G. Maduro
He made the highly controversial comment while speaking on his EGM radio show broadcast last night June 25, 2015 on ZROD 103.7FM.
“We just had a snap general elections following many issues of political corruption. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were used by political parties to bribe citizens to vote for them,” he alleged. The National Democratic Party won in a landslide which was a surprise to many people given the abuses and issues of governance and transparency that marred their last term.
“There were claims that Obeah played a high part in this last general elections and that Obeah was even used to control the voting,” said Maduro. “If this behaviour different from the days when the Jews worshipped Baal?” he asked.
He said that even though some people go to church and pretend to be worshippers of Jehovah God, “We are very satanic.”
“These are things that will not improve the quality of life of our children and we have to begin to deal with that,” he said.
He asked whether there was a man of God in the VI to lead the people back to God. “Even our elections now is governed and controlled by Obeah,” he lamented.
The have been numerous reports of political parties handing out envelopes of cash and providing household items as an inducement for the persons to vote for them.
What is Obeah?
Obeah is a term used in the West Indies to refer to folk magic, sorcery, and religious practices developed among West African slaves, specifically of Igbo origin.
Obeah's history is similar to that of Voodoo in Haiti and Santeria in Latin America.
According to Wikipedia, Obeah is associated with both benign and malignant magic, charms, luck, and with mysticism in general. In some Caribbean nations, Obeah refers to folk religions of the African diaspora. In some cases, aspects of these folk religions have survived through syncretism with Christian symbolism and practice introduced by European colonials and slave owners. Casual observation may conclude that Christian symbolism is incorporated into Obeah worship, but in fact may represent clandestine worship and religious protest.
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54 Responses to “‘Obeah played a part in elections!’ – Edmund G. Maduro”
Apparently Haiti more powerful
hahahaha Sweet News
This was and is God work. He knew what is better to keep this country on it's rightful path.
It still have 5 fowl-cocks roosting on top mine shaft and Z*** should've never shaken that hatian man's hand. somebody said that couple of the ministers were seen coming from up sage mountain doing a ritual and dont talk about the salt that was sprinkled around the polling stations.
Even if it were true, what exactly does any sane person believe will happen if you sprinkle salt around a polling station, cut off a chicken head of a chicken or stick pins in a corn doll?
I believe salt will ruin your shoes, so you need to be mindful of where you step, chicken blood is messy, but roasted chicken is one of my favourite meals and a corn husk doll would make a great pin cushion. I do a lot of sewing. Maybe I'll get one. It's kind of a cute idea and would definitely be a conversation piece! :)
Thanks for your $500.00! Treasury smiling!
his special again. Any one who side edmond with this
crap just a stupid and ignorant.
The above ain't no lie. It's the truth! Empty barrels make the most noise - them call down others but that is to get the shame & guilt from off of them.
Envelops were distributed-u have no evidence-move on..
Party in power call a snap election-catch the opposition off gaurd-low blow but hush
Bottom line-they building everywhere u turn...construction creates jobs...plenty petty contracts to go around...no need to resort to distriburion of envelops
re the obeah-glad to know where your beliefs are-buy hust so u know-its 2015
Christians and those who are spiritual do not make devilish accusations without specifics.
they need to stop this idiot from putting stupidness up on the news
Y can't he say the people finally start to see progress in the country and they don't want to turn back
I am not a full Ndp supporter but I must say we are finally starting to see progress.
E**** face look wicked like he too is a obeah man. One must know one, so please kill the noise.