Submission from Anthony L Hall, Turks
and Caicos Islands
I regret that, despite my overtures, I have
yet to hear from the chairman of the Committee.
Therefore, please forgive me for prevailing
upon you once again to convey my lingering concerns. (Indeed,
I would appreciate your forwarding this entire e-mail thread to
the Committee).
In my initial letter, dated 10 September 2007,
I admonished the Committee that leaders of the Turks and Caicos
Islands were determined to discredit its inquiry in the minds
of TC Islanders—no matter its findings of corruption.
And nothing vindicates my admonition quite like
an article published last week in our most-widely read newspaper,
in which TCI Premier Michael Misick ridiculed as "traitors"
the opposition members and citizens who provided submissions to
the Committee. (See http://www.suntci.com/traitors.asp)
Therefore, I feel obliged to reiterate my offer
to help the Committee find the most amenable way to inform the
people of my country of its findings, and possible sanctions.
After all, no one has any doubt about the egregious
nature of corruption. The challenge for the Committee is to inspire
enough respect among our people for its integrity and authority
to help them overcome their fears of reprisals from the TCI government.
Unless we can do this, I respectfully submit
that this inquiry will have been a futile exercise. And, more
importantly, the UK government will be liable for an equally egregious
failure of its constitutional (fiduciary) duties.
29 February 2008
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