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Habit7 wrote:Nevertheless, this reminds me that I need to update my voter registration info. It might be better to beat the rush.
Habit7 wrote:Gary Griffith is said to be a witness. I always thought he PNM...who is implicated in Emailgate.
Whenever Kamla leaves, all hell breaks lose.
Hyperion wrote:He didn't resign, he just released a statement saying he welcomes the probe
greggle71 wrote:I have no confidence in the police to accurately investigate this case based on track record
pugboy wrote:Investigations will be ongoing and at sensitive stage forevergreggle71 wrote:I have no confidence in the police to accurately investigate this case based on track record
National Security Minister Gary Griffith has been identified as a critical witness in the criminal investigation of misbehaviour in public office against Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, according to reliable police sources.
The information came as Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Crime, Harold Phillip, began his probe into the latest criminal allegation linked to the infamous Section 34 fiasco.
Contacted for comment yesterday, Griffith would only repeat: “I have no comment to make on that matter.”
But sources said Griffith intended to co-operate with police investigators in the matter.
West yesterday submitted a detailed signed witness statement to the police in support of his complaint that the Attorney General tried to get him to withdraw a witness statement he filed in defence of a defamation lawsuit between Ramlogan and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley relating to the Section 34 matter.
This triggered acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams to appoint Phillip to assemble a team to probe the allegation. West has also been provided with a security detail.
Sources said investigators will pore over a chain of events which will take them to the Hall of Justice, Port-of-Spain, to examine court records and through the telephone records of West, Ramlogan and Griffith among other people.
Sources said West last year had confided to a politician about attempts being made to influence him in a court matter. The attempts were made on the same day the High Court gave a decision in the defamation lawsuit against Rowley, police sources said.
Ramlogan, in a detailed press release on Monday, denied West’s allegations that he attempted to influence him to withdraw the witness statement in exchange for his appointment as director of the Police Complaints Authority.
That position, under the Constitution, requires consent from both the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader before it is sealed by the Office of the President.
Yesterday, members of the media gathered outside the AG’s offices, St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, after rumours spread he was about to resign and make a statement at a press conference to that effect.
The AG was visited by Communication Minister Vasant Bharath and attorney Wayne Sturge at one point but no press conference materialised and the AG subsequently sent out a release in which he welcomed the probe on the matter.
Emailgate not going away
In a statement yesterday, AG Ramlogan called for a speedy enquiry and labelled the allegation part of a “political conspiracy.”
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Ramlogan, Griffith and Works and Transport Minister Suruj Rambachan were identified in a separate criminal investigation relating to the Section 34 matter, now dubbed Emailgate.
It was Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, who in May 2012 disclosed in Parliament a thread of e-mails purportedly being exchanged between the four politicians in the wake of the passage of legislation which was tailored to benefit political financiers Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson, who were facing a series of fraud charges relating to the $1.6 billion Piarco Airport Development Project.
That matter, subject to two investigations by the Integrity Commission and the Police Service, are yet to be completed.
The probe by the Integrity Commission has progressed somewhat with e-mail service provider Google to comply with a subpoena in a California, USA court to hand over the e-mail records of Ramlogan and Persad-Bissessar.
The police matter is now lodged with the United States Department of Justice, the T&T Guardian learned.
The conspiracy detailed in the thread of e-mails disclosed a plot to spy on Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, remove him from office by influencing Chief Justice Ivor Archie to appoint Gaspard to the High Court bench and harm investigative journalist Denyse Renne among other things.
The four politicians have previously denied any wrongdoing in the Emailgate matter and described the thread of e-mails as a fabrication.
Director, Designate of the Financial Intelligence Unit
Ministry of Finance
March 2010 – September 2010 (7 months)Trinidad and Tobago
Ministry of the Attorney GeneralHead, Central Authority Unit
Ministry of the Attorney General
September 1999 – July 2008 (8 years 11 months)
Habit7 wrote:WEST HEADS TO DPP
as false as email gate may seem to be, it was enough to get the AG to eventually off himself ! therfore we must admit that the architect of Emailgate is good, I gave him that ,there's no way any of us could have anticipated such outcome...lolUML wrote:yep just like Eamilgate
they FEAR the AG!!!
It is sad to see the character assassination the UNC supporters are engaging in to discredit Mr. West. The PP and Ramlogan hired West and never voiced any concern until now. Let Ramlogan be vindicated on his own merit, not on whether West or Griffith is PNM.UML wrote:David West hold on to that information like Rowley and Emailgate!!!!
He didn't hold on the info, MoNS knew, and is eager to testify. These allegations have come to light only a month after his witness statement was filed and proving he didn't accept the bribe.
Did Rowley select Mr West knowing that he was a witness on Rowley's behalf when selecting him for the post of PCA Chariman? Rowley and Ramlogan knew thus by extension the PM knew. In the words of the AG "I am not going to do your legal homework for you."
Did Mr West mislead the President, the PM and Opposition leader knowing that he was a witness on Rowley's behalf when he was selected for the post of PCA Chariman? Being a witness in civil trial between citizen Dr. Keith Rowley and citizen Anand Ramlogan does conflict with chairing the PCA. All he has to do is represent the truth when called on him by the court. Being a witness is not holding political office.
Mr West held high office under the PNM!!!!Director, Designate of the Financial Intelligence Unit
Ministry of Finance
March 2010 – September 2010 (7 months)Trinidad and Tobago
Ministry of the Attorney GeneralHead, Central Authority Unit
Ministry of the Attorney General
September 1999 – July 2008 (8 years 11 months)
Sept 1999 - Dec 2001 and May 2010 - Present the UNC was in power. So Mr. West held high office under the UNC first if my maths are right?
No wonder he intentional avoids media interviews, he fraid to answer DIRECT questions from the media!!! According to his statement yesterday he stayed silent as the AG said he was staying silent. When the AG talked, Mr West had a radio interview on 26th of Jan. Has the AG allow himself to be interviewed or is he still hiding in Cabildo House?
he should step down because he cannot be in that neutral, independent position and politicking and criticizing the government with his political biases!!! The last PCA head critiqued the govt too and she was a former UNC MP for Point a Pierre. Mr West still maintains his independence.
UML wrote:David West hold on to that information like Rowley and Emailgate!!!!
Did Rowley select Mr West knowing that he was a witness on Rowley's behalf when selecting him for the post of PCA Chariman?
Did Mr West mislead the President, the PM and Opposition leader knowing that he was a witness on Rowley's behalf when he was selected for the post of PCA Chariman?
Mr West held high office under the PNM!!!!Director, Designate of the Financial Intelligence Unit
Ministry of Finance
March 2010 – September 2010 (7 months)Trinidad and Tobago
Ministry of the Attorney GeneralHead, Central Authority Unit
Ministry of the Attorney General
September 1999 – July 2008 (8 years 11 months)
No wonder he intentional avoids media interviews, he fraid to answer DIRECT questions from the media!!!
he should step down because he cannot be in that neutral, independent position and politicking and criticizing the government with his political biases!!!
slippy1 wrote:Give an ass enough rope and he will hang him self...Ramloagan yuh DEAD!!! HAHAHA
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