Comments on: Up to the UN http://icarbarbados.org/tacuma/2010/06/up-to-the-un/ To promote, protect and defend the Ras I'Akobi Maloney case Sun, 20 May 2012 21:52:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: admin http://icarbarbados.org/tacuma/2010/06/up-to-the-un/#comment-926 admin Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:46:32 +0000 http://icarbarbados.org/tacuma/?p=550#comment-926 "Our political leaders also need to be told that they cannot sit on the fence and watch while injustices like that committed against the organisers of this rally take place." This comment is impressive! However, consider that the petition was treated with absolute contempt by the said political leaders who have ignored the growing public dissent without even interviewing the Justice Committee or the Maloney family to inquire into the matter. The Commissioner of Police is very much responsible for the extent to which his subordinates deviate from democratic actions. He is the accountable executive with the immediate power to mend this situation. He is also the one that will have to reform the policy that promotes Rastafari profiling and answer for all the injustices that his force has committed. Back to the impressive quote, any PM, AG and Cabinet leading a responsible government must ensure that democratic values are upheld - the current DLP administration has not (to date)! Is there hope? Is there enough time? Is there adequate political will (within the grass-roots) to expose the RBPF and bring about real change in the "society" of Barbados? No doubt that such change will have an economic impact on the country also :) “Our political leaders also need to be told that they cannot sit on the fence and watch while injustices like that committed against the organisers of this rally take place.”

This comment is impressive!

However, consider that the petition was treated with absolute contempt by the said political leaders who have ignored the growing public dissent without even interviewing the Justice Committee or the Maloney family to inquire into the matter.

The Commissioner of Police is very much responsible for the extent to which his subordinates deviate from democratic actions. He is the accountable executive with the immediate power to mend this situation. He is also the one that will have to reform the policy that promotes Rastafari profiling and answer for all the injustices that his force has committed.

Back to the impressive quote, any PM, AG and Cabinet leading a responsible government must ensure that democratic values are upheld - the current DLP administration has not (to date)!

Is there hope? Is there enough time? Is there adequate political will (within the grass-roots) to expose the RBPF and bring about real change in the “society” of Barbados? No doubt that such change will have an economic impact on the country also :)

]]> By: Olutoye Walrond http://icarbarbados.org/tacuma/2010/06/up-to-the-un/#comment-925 Olutoye Walrond Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:18:28 +0000 http://icarbarbados.org/tacuma/?p=550#comment-925 What a terrible injustice in a country that is wont to boast about its democratic traditions. If the people of this country cannot get permission to use a public square, then we might as well been living behind the old iron curtain. I don't think this kind of thing even happens there anymore. There is a core of conservative colonials who have gained nothing from the past six decades of democratisation in the Caribbean. These people believe themselves to be the guardians of our society and are resolutely set against anything that does not align itself with their backward ideologies. They can be found in the Police Force, the Church, and the political establishment. We must expose these people each and everytime they try to take us back into the 1930's; and I hope the Justice Committee will not take this sitting down. Our political leaders also need to be told that they cannot sit on the fence and watch while injustices like that committed against the organisers of this rally take place. What a terrible injustice in a country that is wont to boast about its democratic traditions. If the people of this country cannot get permission to use a public square, then we might as well been living behind the old iron curtain.

I don’t think this kind of thing even happens there anymore.
There is a core of conservative colonials who have gained nothing from the past six decades of democratisation in the Caribbean. These people believe themselves to be the guardians of our society and are resolutely set against anything that does not align itself with their backward ideologies.

They can be found in the Police Force, the Church, and the political establishment. We must expose these people each and everytime they try to take us back into the 1930’s; and I hope the Justice Committee will not take this sitting down.

Our political leaders also need to be told that they cannot sit on the fence and watch while injustices like that committed against the organisers of this rally take place.

]]> By: admin http://icarbarbados.org/tacuma/2010/06/up-to-the-un/#comment-924 admin Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:31:00 +0000 http://icarbarbados.org/tacuma/?p=550#comment-924 Point accepted... Maggie Maloney's presentation dealt with that specifically. She filled in the gaps and clearly stated that the issue was now larger than I'Akobi and had far-reaching consequences for the Rastafarian and Pan-Afrikan communities. David's parallel on this line can be seen in the "dangerous black advocates" comment. The basket will be well-knit when proposed, trust me. Point accepted… Maggie Maloney’s presentation dealt with that specifically. She filled in the gaps and clearly stated that the issue was now larger than I’Akobi and had far-reaching consequences for the Rastafarian and Pan-Afrikan communities. David’s parallel on this line can be seen in the “dangerous black advocates” comment. The basket will be well-knit when proposed, trust me.

]]> By: Buddy Larrier http://icarbarbados.org/tacuma/2010/06/up-to-the-un/#comment-923 Buddy Larrier Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:45:27 +0000 http://icarbarbados.org/tacuma/?p=550#comment-923 Healing the Nation Brothers and Sisters I fully support the idea and plan of actions to take the matter of the case to the international community. I would ask that you consider linking the case to at least one or two other cases so as to make the point of what David Comissiong is saying. Healing the Nation

Brothers and Sisters I fully support the idea and plan of actions to take the matter of the case to the international community. I would ask that you consider linking the case to at least one or two other cases so as to make the point of what David Comissiong is saying.

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