Trinidad and Tobago's Housing Minister continues to defend former UDeCOTT executive chairman, Calder Hart. Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde is the line minister for UDeCOTT.She spoke on Tuesday about the matter, but on Wednesday the ministry issued a formal release stating her position that the allegations against Hart have affected "Trinidad and Tobago’s soul".
The statement attacked critics, including the media. She said the "unrelenting bombardment...by media and others, particularly over the past two years and intensifying in recent weeks, are meant to pre-empt the findings of the Uff Commission of Enquiry."
On Tuesday Dick-Forde said the people of the country should be ashamed for "hounding" Hart of of office.
She added that the attacks were "intended to spread alarm and to have a man and his family, the directors of an organisation and the Government branded as ’corrupt and even criminal, with no legal process to support such statements.
"The nation’s soul is affected by these bold infringements on a person’s right to fairness in matters of this nature.
"What we are witnessing today violates the procedures established in the Constitution to conduct such investigations and descends into a vigilante-style approach with a pretence at speaking for the ordinary people," the ministry's release stated.
It added that such action "spurred on by people with legal qualifications" has betrayed the spirit of the country’s Constitution, which referred to the dignity of human beings and which must be defended for all.
"Dr Dick-Forde believes that we should be cringing from and be ashamed of what is playing out in the media rather than celebrate and agree with acts of injustice against another human being, a citizen even. Let the police do their work," the statement said.
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you stand strong lady, and stand tall, after all your big salary and perks at our expense depends on it.
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