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Special Select Committee members must ‘search their conscience’- Willock
Earlier this year, Judge Adrian Jack ruled that since permission was not received from the Attorney General the Speaker would have to pay costs out of pocket. The cost listed was $98,676.51 in legal fees incurred by the defendants.
Special Select Committee faults Willock
Despite evidence being produced to the contrary, the Committee in its Report released May 26, 2022, concluded that the Speaker should not have brought the proceedings against the lawyers for the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) and he did not have expressed permission to do so on behalf of the House of Assembly.
The Special Select Committee comprised Chairman Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9), Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) and Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3).
Appearing on JTV’s Big Story recently, Hon Willock recounted the matter and the subsequent decision of the Special Select Committee.
Members should ‘search their conscience’- Willock
"I will say to members to search their conscience. They have a decision, but I will still say to them to search their conscience because every member in the House knew that I could not have proceeded in filing an injunction without being given the authorisation to do so."
Mr Willock continued that in filing the injunction to prevent the CoI lawyers from working in the territory when they were deemed to be in violation of the Legal Professions Act, he was not trying to usurp anyone’s authority but was just defending the laws of the territory.
"I wasn't acting like a Minister. I was following instructions and it's clear."
Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser RA, while giving advice to the new HoA Speaker recently, stated that some Speakers in the past have stepped out of their roles, thinking they are ministers.
It is unclear; however, whether Mr Willock was referring to the statement by Hon Fraser.
Willock calls out hypocrisy of HoA Members
Mr Willock emphatically stated, "There was not one objection all along in our legal strategy. There was a unanimous vote on everything. The only time when we lost two votes is when, I remember, when all the injunction matters came out and we had the thing that Willock must pay out of pocket, it was agreed in an informal meeting that we provide some support to Silk Legal."
Regardless of the Special Select Committee's findings, Mr Willock maintains that he has done no wrong.
Asked where things are now on the issue and getting the fees paid as instructed by the court of law, Mr Willock said, "The matter is in the courts and I wouldn't comment further. They, the committee, are claiming that I went around the Attorney General, which you and I know and the public know is not accurate."
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13 Responses to “Special Select Committee members must ‘search their conscience’- Willock”
There was not one objection all along in our legal strategy. There was a unanimous vote on everything.
Welcome to 2022 & He is still friendly with them appealing to their conscience (if they have one) while being thrown under the buss.
Pride before the fall
WITH MR WHATEVER / EVEN SLOWAND-e SLAMMED HIM OR DROPPED HIM OFF LIKE GABBAGE ???? THEIR HANDS WERE TIED BEFORE , BUT AFTER THE BROWN BOMBER GOT TAKEN DOWN BY A STING OPERATION ,
THE BIG YOUTH GOT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND STARTED FLEXING OFF ON THE WIGO AND A COUPLE OF OTHER HYPOCRITES
The former Premier Andrew A. Fahie had power over the for Speaker to not allowed what has allegedly to happened. He, the former Premier, Andrew A. Fahie did not.
Over the many years of mismanagement of our finances by previous goverments that have cost us hundreds of millions of dollars, probably as much as two billions dollars. Why the is the former Speaker Julian willock, is being pressure to pay legal pay, and the others, particular political leaders not for to pay?
If we were fair and honest people, we then will not be so eager to squash an ant, by overlook the damaged done to our economy over the years by the elephants.
There is a saying of old still in forced even now: Kisses goes by favour.
There are many church attendees that have heard and read the Lord's prayers, but disregards it's righteous principles. The Special selected Committee Members, if they haven't as yet read they should.
We should not treated the former Speaker Julian willock as the black sheep.
If he truly is, we all are, in many ways more than one.
He/she without false stand up and be recognized.
As the former Speaker of the House said, search your (own) conscience.