October 17, 2003
MP Accuses PLP of Accepting Donations from Terrorists
In last week's scathing attack on the editor of this nation's leading newspaper, MP Bradley Roberts indirectly accused the PLP of receiving campaign donations from a person they thought was a "terrorist".
In another of his usually foolhardy outbursts, Mr. Roberts labeled Eileen Carron, The Tribune's owner and editor, as a "terrorist," who uses her newspaper as a "weapon of mass destruction".
He also accused Mr. Mohammed Harajchi, the multimillionaire ex-pat who lives on Paradise Island, as being a "terrorist". (Well, basically he accused anyone who disagrees with "his government" as being a "terrorist".) But in branding Mr. Harajchi as a "terrorist", Mr. Roberts has opened up a can of worms for "his government." As this is the same Mr. Harajchi from whom Perry Christie has admitted taking substantial financial contributions from, during the 2002 election campaign.
In essence, Mr. Roberts has accused the PLP of receiving campaign contributions from a person they branded a "terrorist."
It is, of course, no less ridiculous to call Mr. Harajchi a terrorist, than it is to brand Mrs. Carron as one. But it was "Big Bad Brad" who saw fit to label them both as the scourge of society. Good thing he did so in a cowardly manner, behind the walls of Parliament, or he would be facing a couple of major league law suits for defamation of character.
Fortunately, for Mr. Roberts, nobody can defame his character, he has done that enough for himself.
Unless Mr. Roberts publicly apologizes to Mr. Harajchi (and Mrs. Carron), and retracts his statements (or unless the Prime Minister makes him do so) it will be understood that the PLP did indeed receive money from an individual who they "felt" was a terrorist. Even though nobody really believes Mr. Harajchi is a terrorist, Mr. Robert's foolish statements prove that the PLP took the money from a man whom they THOUGHT was a terrorist.
It seems "Big Bad Brad's" big bad mouth has gotten the entire PLP government in hot water with this little outburst. Let's see if PM Christie has the fortitude and ethics necessary to insist on an apology from Mr. Roberts. Or if, as some claim, is it really Mr. Roberts who calls the shots in the PLP government?
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