OT 317: E-mail from Anna W Summers, Bermuda

 

 

Hopefully hundreds of concerned Bermuda citizens will be emailing you regarding the highly suspect actions of the Bermuda Government over the past several years. As a very concerned Bermudian I have recently signed an online petition on this subject and now wish to express the sincere hope that the United Kingdom Government will step in and set up an Overseas Territory Commission of Enquiry - similar to the one recently conducted in Turks and Caicos.

 

I sincerely believe the misdeeds committed here in Bermuda will overshadow the goings on in T&C. The public purse is being plundered and the government continues to spend money like drunken sailors. Our international debt limit has been increased to an alarming level and literally hundreds of millions of dollars in government spending are unaccounted for. Freedom of the press and of speech is being eroded on a daily basis.

 

Our Auditor General has been a hard working and faithful watchdog and has been repaid by being reviled and attacked by our Premier who has been pressing our Governor to ask for his, the Auditor General's resignation.

 

Thankfully the Governor has rejected the Premier's request but unfortunately Mr. Denis will retire in August and it is imperative that an impartial professional replace him in this very critical position. Our government. will no doubt endeavour to install one of their cronies to this position and then God help us all.

 

I respectfully request that the relevant United Kingdom officials take note of the current situation prevailing in Bermuda. A perusal of The Royal Gazette for the past few days will shed further enlightenment. The site is www.theroyalgazette.com.

 

 

14 March 2009