POLITICAL hopeful Dr. Andre Matthew says St Lucia’s police officers are being made scapegoats in the ongoing controversy over alleged extra judicial killings by the lawmen and the application of the so called Leahy Law by the United States in denying the local Police Force American assistance.
Matthew, who has declared an interest in contesting elections as a United Workers Party candidate made the following terse statement yesterday:
“The Royal St. Lucia Police Force has been the recipient of generous U.S support for a number of years.
“As recent as May 20 to June 6, 2013, Police Commissioner Vernon Francois successfully hosted close to 300 officers and officials from 14 regional territories. The officers participated in U.S funded exercises focused on improving cooperation and security in the region.
“The following month, on July 31, 2013, St. Lucia officially joined ALBA. Two weeks after joining ALBA, on August 16, 2013, the Leahy Law was swiftly applied, ending all U.S assistance for St. Lucia’s police officers.
“It has been suggested that the Leahy Law was applied to St. Lucia as a result of the 12 alleged unlawful police killings during Operation Restore Confidence in 2010/2011. However, the 2014 U.S. Human Rights Report for Jamaica states, ‘there were 103 killings involving police.’ The same report for Jamaica for 2013 states, ‘there were 211 killings involving police.’
“The Leahy Law has not been applied to Jamaica, despite hundreds of alleged police killings. Their police officers continue to benefit from U.S funded training. Unlike St. Lucia, Jamaica is not a member of ALBA”.
So what you are saying, St. Lucia is being punished for being a member of ALBA, is that it?
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@ Andre Matthew:
There is none more detestable in the eyes of God than an arrogant beggar. The U.S. has been giving you Charity to help your broke self out, and now you want to condemn them for not being an accomplice in your mass murder sanctioned by a corrupt cabal of KILLER COPS led by Vernon Francois and Police Brass?
What is even more disappointing is to have such lowlife politicians like Andre Matthew present themselves as capable leaders, while exhibiting zero standards of morality; this idiot must not have heard the ubiquitous saying, “TWO WRONGS DOES NOT MAKE A RIGHT” otherwise he would not have insulted our intelligence, by telling us how many people were murdered by Jamaican Police.
This ridiculous talking-point by Chastanet and his surrogates like Alexis Montgomery, Peter Josie and the weightlifter John Wayne, about ALBA, is synonymous to telling us we are hallucinating, and the individuals murdered by Francois and his cabal of Assassins never happened and the murdered victims of Police Violence are walking around Castries and Vieux Fort.
It is unimaginable that Allen Chastanet continues to attract such critters and ‘wavet kaka’ to this UWP. Soon the presence of Allen Chastanet will require the application of disinfectants to any person place or thing Allen Chastanet has been around.
Son Of Man …of course allen chastanet thinks you all are hallucinating,that is why he hired a physco manager to hypnotise all of you.
watch out!!
lol