The international and local media laps up at his perceived transgression oblivious to the notion of the presumption of innocence until proven guilty and unconscious to his invaluable contribution to the nation.
Warner is the new beneficiary of the media's whip which trashes from side to side seemingly anaesthetized by perception and not by fact.
It is often said that the view from the pavilion is dissimilar to that from the playing field, an apt description perhaps of the tone, texture and colour of journalists' perspective on this issue.
It is often said that the view from the pavilion is dissimilar to that from the playing field, an apt description perhaps of the tone, texture and colour of journalists' perspective on this issue.
One newspaper on its first page printed in bold "Jack in Shock" in reference to FIFA's provisional suspension against him. On the back page of the very newspaper, turned front side up and invisible on the newspaper stands, it read, "Jack Cleared," depicting the decision of an independent body to acquit him of an earlier allegation.
Was it in the public's interest to highlight an impermanent order against Warner against a virtual exoneration from a charge read in the Parliament of the United Kingdom?
Has the media inside and outside, examined the facts consonant with its moral and social obligation to be dispassionate, impartial and fair? What do we know about Lord David Maxim Triesman and the charges he levelled against four FIFA members?
On January 22nd 2006, the UK based Independent newspaper reported that Lord Triesman had misled the House of Lords on the issue of the use of British airports for secret CIA torture flights.
On January 22nd 2006, the UK based Independent newspaper reported that Lord Triesman had misled the House of Lords on the issue of the use of British airports for secret CIA torture flights.
The Independent reported then, that Lord Triesman, the Foreign Office minister, had misled peers when he told the House that the UN and UK civil servants had not met on the issue, when evidence had in fact pointed to the contrary. Lord Triesman's misleading statements eventually fueled allegations that the British Government had a "culture of concealment and cover-up".
Five years later, Lord Triesman charges that Warner had sought financial support to be funneled through him (Warner) for the construction of an educational academy in Central Trinidad in return for voting for England's 2018 bid.
Five years later, Lord Triesman charges that Warner had sought financial support to be funneled through him (Warner) for the construction of an educational academy in Central Trinidad in return for voting for England's 2018 bid.
In response to the startling allegations, the English Football Association appointed James Dingemans QC to independently review the claims. Two weeks after its deliberations, the independent inquiry found that the claims against the FIFA quartet were without foundation.
At page 12 of the Dingemans Report, he states that, "when interviewed Lord Triesman again relied on his evidence to the Select Committee because he did not want to stray into territory not covered by parliamentary privilege."
Has anyone asked why? An immediate thought provoking question therefore is whether Lord Triesman was guilty of misleading the UK Parliament again.
The Dingemans' report virtually tore the credibility of Lord Triesman into shreds, but it surprisingly escapes closer journalistic scrutiny. Surely, an independent report from eminent Queens Counsel carries more substance than an organization's internal organ investigating another part of itself.
The Dingemans' report virtually tore the credibility of Lord Triesman into shreds, but it surprisingly escapes closer journalistic scrutiny. Surely, an independent report from eminent Queens Counsel carries more substance than an organization's internal organ investigating another part of itself.
Bear in mind that the FIFA Ethics Committee reports to the President, the very person who set up the inquiry and which allegedly operated clandestinely and by ambush and camouflage.
But there is a further question that escaped the media's inspection. Why were the allegations of Concacaf Secretary Chuck Blazer of bribes in Trinidadian envelopes, not referred to an independent body as were the charges made by Lord Triesman?
But there is a further question that escaped the media's inspection. Why were the allegations of Concacaf Secretary Chuck Blazer of bribes in Trinidadian envelopes, not referred to an independent body as were the charges made by Lord Triesman?
Blazer's charges seem to consist of elements of superior criminal elements, yet they were referred for internal examination. Clearly Sepp Blatter's referral of both matters were philosophically incongruent and perhaps designed to achieve different results. The ends may have justified the means it seems.
More and more questions are being asked, but more and more they appear to be the wrong ones. More and more we add to the vilification of our local son, when more and more we should offer him the space to set his case. More and more we tend to gravitate to that of another country and more and more we shun and shirk upon our own.
Ashvani Mahabir | Attorney-at-Law & Research Consultant
More and more questions are being asked, but more and more they appear to be the wrong ones. More and more we add to the vilification of our local son, when more and more we should offer him the space to set his case. More and more we tend to gravitate to that of another country and more and more we shun and shirk upon our own.
Ashvani Mahabir | Attorney-at-Law & Research Consultant
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Will Little-Jack-Horner-Sitting-In-The-Corner say his "wrongdoing" is not as bad as the MBTT parasitic oligarchy acting as if they by themselves are the T&T Ministry of Foreign Affairs, embarking on an anti-Cuba campaign, leaving the 283 year old University of Havana off the list of Traditional Universities, and blocking Cuban doctors and Cuban-trained Trinbagonian doctors from practicing medicine in T&T. Is the MBTT now dictating T&T foreign policy, and enforcing the illegal USA embargo against Cuba (a truly free, sovereign, and independent state with which T&T has had ties thru the Cold War), towards making T&T a USA puppet state?
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