No confidence motion in Grenada Senate President
Senator Arley Gill with his mouth taped in the Grenada
Senate last week
by Leroy Noel
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The Upper House of
Parliament in Grenada is likely to have more fireworks during its next sitting
as a no confidence motion will be tabled against the president of the Senate.
Several Senators have expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling of the
president not to include on the order paper a motion asking for an
investigation into transactions carried out by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell
where he admitted to have received approximately US$15,000 from a former
diplomat who is now in a United States prison.
During the last sitting opposition Senators along with the representatives for
labour and the farming community taped their mouths to protest the president’s
decision. Political pundits here believe the
president may also have to vote on the no confidence motion herself since it
is likely that the business representative, labour and the farmers’
representatives may vote in favour of the motion.
Opposition members in the Lower House had a similar fate in that they were not
given answers to several questions asked during the last sitting, on the Prime
Minister’s trip to Europe and a quantity of money given to him by a former
diplomat. Avenues to get answers to several
questions arising out of an address to the nation given by the Prime Minister
himself as it relates to the trip and what quantity of money he received are
all seem to be closed especially now that the head of the Financial
Intelligence Unit, Hugh Wildman, has said there is no need to investigate the
serious allegations made by financial newsletter Offshore Alert.
However opposition members have vowed not to let the matter go away without
knowing exactly how much money was received and whether a declaration was made
at the Airport as required by law, which indicates that anyone entering the
country with more than $10,000 must make a declaration.
Questions are also being asked as to whether the money was placed in a fund as
required by the constitution and if so where is the receipt from the Treasury.
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