PM Roosevelt Skerrit & Matt Peltier - My assets, your $5000

OKAY! Lets jump right into it. But before that, I must warn you that I have not been following this story closely at all. So that begs the question as to why comment at all then? Well, its just that we never learn, and we seem to devolve over the decades. Into what you ask. Truthfully i hope we can find out together.

Recently everyone has taken sides to this juggernaut of a controversy. And this ballet from both sides is getting regional and international applause. The audience just cant wait to see who wins. Yep, its that word again, "WIN". Mankind loves to compete, we love heroes, a villain and victories. But when fiction spills into the real world, its really not a recipe for disaster, but the rare treat to find amusement and be entertained by the chaos.

Here's the short about it: The Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has a salary of $5000, now owns property for a gazillion times more than he earns. The Prime Minister is suing Mr. Matt Peltier (Editor of The Times) for not controlling his tongue (written or spoken it's the same). These Articles below have a lot more detail about the story:

1. Media Houses In Barbados Should Take Note Of What Their Counterparts In Dominica Are Doing
2. PM slaps newspaper with second lawsuit
3. Official Statement by Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences (DAAS) on the "Million dollar assets, $5000 salary" Issue
4. The Official Website of "The Matt Supporters Club"
5. PM widens lawsuit against newspaper

So can both sides win? Could both sides have a point? At this stage, base of the huge currency of pride that both men have, and the 100% support from the supporters of both camps its really to late. Late you say! Yes I did say late, well unless someone evolves. Evolves into what? Into the better of the two characters on screen.

Do you know what our opinions and comments would be if either superstar was to retract his statements or even settle this privately. We would then go cannon balling our mouths about that person. But I think both parties wished this legal contest was not the direction. If you ever happen to glimpse at the faces of either individual you will see the this artificial veil of calm and confidence. But its really a storm of woe under that facade.

If this legal tug of war begins. Then this will certainly move outside the realm of finding THE TRUTH and shift into one of technicalities, depositions and half truths. Can you imagine the spectacle. Well this wont make CNN and BBC and you can be sure of that, but it will make gossip columns and headlines of concerned regional media houses. Can you imagine the amount of time it will take up of the Prime Minister who needs to run a country. Ohh well there is always "delegating responsibility". Of course, the Prime Minister is a powerful man with the type of connections that have the abundant resources just for the giving, but to him only (what you thought that was for sharing - As a leader you get special perks). Mr. Peltier's real concern is the ability to sustain his claim financially hence the rallying of so much public support.

Now to the quintessential. If the Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is amassing wealth that I think is gluttonous based on his salary. Then I would go visit him in his office and say "ohh fearless leader, is all this wealth yours? Please explain to me how you have come to own all this on your salary", and from what I have heard, anyone who wants to chat with this specific Prime Minister, he will lend and air, and I bet it is regardless of the topic. And I suspect that because of the responsibility that he has taken (or the vote) he would actually answer that question where any other leader, even your manger would have you kicked out of the building just for even thinking it.

So people say you are with this and that woman, and they say a bunch of other not to nice things. Man sometimes the best thing is just to remain quiet. Now Mr. Peltier, may have point and a really big one there that no one is really looking at or for. But there has to be a method and convenience in the way we do things. You don't send a huge fishing trawler to get the truth, you simply ask it, and it comes to you instead.

Why must we EVOLVE? If the purpose is to prove your points, then you both have. The poison of the tongue has but one antidote, and its silence. Who will evolve as the human with the better character, the better set of values, the one with wealth of humility, and ability to teach a student by his example. If you pray often, then are willing to forgive The Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit or Mr. Matt Peltier. Or is forgiveness a thing left for the place of worship.

EVOLVE PM Roosevelt Skerrit & Mr. Matt Peltier. EVOLVE into something better. Are you to big to even talk to each other. Are you such bigshots now that your lawyers have to talk for you, talking their "law talk" passing legal conversations that hurt my head. Weren't you guys once "Breadrines", "Pals" or something like that. So what happens to both your children if they go to the same educational institute. Do they also play the hate game. Will one teacher side with one specific student.

When does fighting for the truth stop becoming a search for it?

 

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