Be careful what you wish for, Alden tells Mac
Alden McLaughlin, Cayman Islands Premier
(CNS): Cayman Islands Premier Alden McLaughlin emphatically denied that there was “irrefutable evidence” that he was involved in a conspiracy regarding the opposition leader. In the wake of allegations made in a private member’s motion filed in the Legislative Assembly by McKeeva Bush Tuesday, McLaughlin said, “I believe the leader of the opposition has finally taken leave of his senses and he best be careful what he wishes for as he just might get it.”
Speaking to CNS shortly after Bush filed his motion in the LA, the premier said he had not made any decisions about when or if the motion would reach the floor of the parliament because at that time he had not seen it, though he had been made aware of its content. McLaughlin indicated that it would certainly not make the next session.
“I can say it won’t be debated any time soon, if at all,” he said.
Although it would be up to the Speaker of the House Julianna O’Connor-Connolly to decide if the motion was acceptable, McLaughlin explained there could be significant constitutional issues, based on his broad understanding of the content, because of the allegations made against the UK government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials.
Talking about the accusations Bush made against him personally that he was part of a conspiracy to topple him from office, the premier said that there was no possibility of Bush having the evidence he claimed because, McLaughlin said, it did not exist.
“He is attempting to engage in a war of major distraction at a time when the government is doing really well,” McLaughlin said. The premier added that if Bush had a fight with the FCO then that was one thing but he would not allow the issue to distract the government from the important progress the PPM administration was making.
In his motion Bush points the finger at McLaughlin as being part of a conspiracy with the FCO, the governor and others to bring him down following his arrest with a no confidence motion. Bush states that he has “irrefutable evidence of the involvement of the then leader of the opposition in the undemocratic plan” to remove him as the constitutionally elected premier at the time.
It is understood that Bush had, during the course of his trial, access to significant amounts of correspondence between the governor, the FCO, the police and others in the disclosure process that were not revealed in open court as they were subject to a public immunity ruling.
However, under the cover of parliamentary privilege and the immunity and protections afforded members of the country’s parliament from legal action, Bush could reveal the content of those secret documents on the floor of the Legislative Assembly without fear of prosecution or gagging orders but only if the speaker finds that the motion itself is acceptable and constitutional.
If the debate goes ahead, the opposition leader could expose himself to further accusations about a number of other criminal investigations and probes which came to naught but had raised still unanswered questions.
From the notorious and never fully explained letter Bush sent to landowner Stan Thomas asking for payment in connection with land re-zoning in 2004 to questions about a $1 million donation made by an unknown benefactor to a Jamaican university in relation to an honorary degree for Bush in 2012 (which was never bestowed as a result of his arrest), the opposition leader made find himself stirring up more controversy.
But Bush dismissed any concerns about opening himself up to more allegations of misconduct or even corruption. He said he expected that they “would throw everything they had” at him but he was not deterred.
Category: Politics
Who he suppose to be???? Not in charge of me
17/04/2015 at 10:42 am
You obviously do not live in the real world Mac Hater! The Court decided that Mac was not guilty of the 11 trumped up charges against him. Now they will have to deal the law suits that are coming. You seemed to be the one that needs professional mental health as you are clearly not aware of the gravity of the matter at hand and making your baseless, ill advised and silly comparisons!
Has the disgraced ex-premier once again sent his little bit of common sense on a long vacation to China and Singapore? Or did he have a conversation recently with that crazy leader of Iran?!
Or maybe he had another one of his bad nightmares while partying in Jamaica the other weekend or saw something that brought back bad memories. Poor dude.
2 year olds don’t throw as many tantrums as he does! Somebody get him some professional mental health.
If the governor and MLAs got together and decided that having an unethical gambling addict in charge was not in the best interests of the country and decided to do something about it they have my full support.
Juju to decide if motion is acceptable…look at our political apparatus…you can’t make this stuff up!
Go Mac show them idiots how its done…
This is funny.
Actually its an oxymoron, funny and pitiful in the same sentence.
The people of west bay have spoken. Now maybe you can see the real problem.
whose is worse?
the udp who had not got the ability to get anything done or the the ppm who choose to do nothing?
Oh, the PPM do stuff: their legacy is one of initiating poorly-researched ego-based edifices we cannot afford. Neither camp have managed public funds with any sense of responsibly in last 2 decades. Cayman has gone from true multi-million dollar annual surpluses during our boom growth years, to hundreds of millions in debt and debt service/retirement payments, plus underfunded pension obligations and contingent liabilities. When the final bill comes, we won’t be looking back with laughter at the many simpletons we’ve cycled through our LA.
I do hope that you realize that the underfunded pension obligations were created before the 1990s and therefore were not created by PPM or UDP.In fact it is fair that they were created by the very same people that you spoke of as having multi million dollar surpluses.I guess the surplus would have been smaller had monies been paid into pension schemes.Also please remember that in the last 2 decades ,the various Administrations have been playing catchup with local infrastructure.
Alden is clearly out of his league not to realize the gravity of the matter at hand. He is better equipped to be Premier of Country & Mango establishments. He must carefully note that the law suits are piling up!!!!! What will be his response then?
Ithink it is Mac who needs to worry about lawsuits. He is well and truly out of his depth on this.
Alden, you sir are a wimp and no match for Keke. He will chew you up and spit you out! Bow down to the real Cayman boss Sir Keke.
McKeeva Bush Social Report findings: Does not play welll with others.
Unless there is something in it for him…
Well said Alden well said for a Puppet Leader! The look on Alden’s face says it all absolutely No Hope for Cayman or its citizens.
I wish for you to be gone and i am not being careful about it Alden!
Let Mac expose himself so the whole world can read it for themselves. Where has all the money gone? Shame and scandal , bring it on.
It is said it is better to be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt. The specifics in Alden’s comments speaks to the exact truth and validity of the information and documents. As an “Attorney” who self incriminates himself by trying to use another person’s alleged criminal conduct to justify his own guilt speaks to his true character. Important progress ppm is making and doing really well are PPM’s illusions which they constantly sell to their die hard sheep but like the power outage yesterday which shut down the entire island Caymanians can expect to pay dearly for absolutely nothing in return.
Dumb and Dumber at it again!
LOL!!!