Talk show hosts slam Hon Walwyn for reckless HoA speeches
The Minister at the last sitting alleged that the Chairman of Advance Marketing and Professional Services Julian Willock, the former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works, has been fired for "misconduct".
This was established to be an inaccurate statement on the part of the Minister.
Further, during a sitting of the House of Assembly some weeks ago, the Minister ventured upon a verbal tirade against former project developer of the cruise pier development project Hugh E. Darley.
We should be able to sue them also
Speaking to this news site, talk show host Donald E. de Castro said the government are the ones who passed the law allowing immunity to members of the House of Assembly.
"We should be able to talk about them without being sued for defamation of character also," he said.
He believes the Speaker of the House of Assembly needs to rein in members of the House of Assembly who attack persons under the cover of immunity.
"The Speaker of the House has a right to control the members who speak but she doesn't do it. Remember she works in his (Hon Walwyn's) law office so she's not doing her job. She's not going to shut him up...she's not going to call him to task," he said.
He said if the Speaker does not put a stop to that behaviour they are not likely to stop anytime soon.
"The Premier is a joke. He ain't gon say nothing," de Castro said.
Don't expect much
Talk show host Julio 'Sam' Henry said that much cannot be expected from the House of Assembly with the current Speaker in place.
"We can't expect the Speaker of the House of Assembly to be fair and balanced because she's biased and will continue to be biased and you can quote me on that," Henry said.
Henry recalled that when the cruise ship project was to have been debated in the House of Assembly the Speaker reprimanded the Opposition for pointing out that some of the partners in the development group had been bankrupt.
"She herself reprimanded them saying that they shouldn't be calling people's names and that they were using the cover of the House. So why is she allowing Honourable Walwyn to do the same thing?" he asked.
Hon Walwyn is a lawyer and ought to know better
Controversial radio talk show host Edmund G. Maduro asked whether the immunity enjoyed by members of the House of Assembly is so strong that they can defame the names of other persons without consequences.
"The Constitution gives every one of us freedom of expression and if that is the only protection he has then he could very well be taken to court," he said.
He said freedom of expression on the Constitution does not give anyone the right to abuse a person's rights. He said that the only person who is immune to having his duties looked into would be the Governor.
"This is the same Minister who got up and ridiculed what the Premier said regarding the cost of the fence for the Elmore Stoutt High School. As a Minister and member of the government he should have asked the Premier to clarify what he had said as he believed it to have been an error," he said.
He believes that Honourable Walwyn ought to have known better being a lawyer. "This man is a legal man...this man is a lawyer," he said, noting that immunity aside, the Minister can be put in jail like other persons for wrong doing in the House of Assembly.
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31 Responses to “Talk show hosts slam Hon Walwyn for reckless HoA speeches”
CXC been tola m...n aint improve a thing! Biggup Willock, hangle is backside!
Hands. All his dirty secrets is exposing itself. Him and his posse is going to self distruct. He is going to bring Doc down.