Moves to unseat Grenada’s PM
by Leroy Noel
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Moves are well
underway here to unseat the government of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell in
light of allegations that he received some $500,000 from a former German
diplomat who is now in prison in Singapore.
During a rally organized by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC)
on Sunday dubbed “People’s Parliament” and attended by close to four thousand
people, a resolution was approved to use all legal and constitutional means to
remove the New National Party government. The
resolution states that the widest possible consultation be immediately held
with all national stake holders including other opposition political parties,
the chamber of Commerce, Trades Union Council, as well as the conference of
churches and the Grenada Bar Association among others.
It further states that mass action be taken to force the immediate sitting of
parliament to discuss the burning issue surrounding a sum of money the Prime
Minister allegedly received in a briefcase in 2000.
In reading the resolution former Minister of Tourism Joan Purcell said in the
last ten years there have been a number of allegations of corruption levelled
against the government, for which no adequate answers or explanations have
been provided including the sale of Grenada’s passport to questionable
characters, guaranteeing of massive loans to shady individuals with suspect
reputation as well as the handing over of dividends from Cable and Wireless to
pay the debt owed by family members. The
opposition party says the people of Grenada were no longer prepared to submit
themselves to the shame, humiliation and embarrassment brought upon them and
the country by the NNP regime. Among the
actions agreed upon is a candle light vigil outside parliament building on
Tuesday and a public trial of the Prime Minister and his New National Party on
Sunday followed by a demonstration in the streets of St. George next Friday.
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