The Guardian has been having a hearty laugh ever since the so called (Guyana Office of the President Wikileaks) was revealed by no other than Mark 'the racist' Benschop.
What else can one do when the extremist opposition elements like Mark, the Kaieteur News gang along with their acolytes over at Stabroek, Capitol News and Prime News so desperately want to make a mountain out of a mole.
Everyone knows the agenda of Benschop and everyone also knows that he is a very dark and dangerous character who has blood on his hands from being one of the directors of the murderous 5 Prison Escapees and subsequent terror gangs who had Buxton under siege.
But Kaieteur News position is most shocking as this is the very media outlet which constantly harps at the incompetent 'local contractors and engineers and EVERY THING LOCAL' who are employed by the Government.
Yet, the newspaper is exclaiming surprise that someone who no other than the British Government had faith in to offer Guyana his expertise in developing the one laptop per family project and were paying him $14,000 US to do so, should not be provided with the remuneration in accordance with his qualifications and international experience.
What has Kaieteur News cited as the main reason why the consultant should not be paid $14,000 US per month - his age! Is this not being discriminatory? And even more so from an outlet which somehow claims to be the agent guarding against discriminatory practises in our nation.
Such is the hypocrisy of Adam Harris and Glen Lall!
Enter damsel in distress Marcelle Joseph otherwise known as the lunch money girl at Office of the President.
This woman was transferred to several positions within OP as clearly they were hesitant to fire her despite her misdeeds.
However, her last department she found herself in proved to be a gold mine.
For it was in the Permanent Secretary's office where all the business of OP are conducted.
Ask anyone in the Public Service or who had dealings with the Government agencies and they will tell you the amount of bureaucracy one has to persevere though to receive payments for work or get other business transactions honored.
But alas they will also tell you that such meticulous paperwork is necessary to ensure accountability and transparency in keeping with established systems - otherwise apart from incurring the wrath of the Auditor General Department - they will also be hauled over the coals in parliament particularly when that respective Ministry had to answer before the public accounts committee which is CHAIRED by the OPPOSITION.
So based on her past record it is no wonder she saw this as a goldmine of an opportunity in squeezing favours out of creditors and others who were engaged in various transactions with OP.
In fact in clarifying the reasons by Joseph was fired, OP stated that creditors had repeatedly accused her of demanding lunch money and lunch for processing their documents in a timely manner. If this is not abusing your position well i do not know what is - is also serves to indicate the true character of the individual.
In response, carried by the usual suspects Joseph has stated that 'intimidation will not silence her' but surprisingly did not deny the accusations levelled against her by OP.
What this proves is the deceitful nature of this young woman who lied to the public by telling them she was fired for leaking documents to the media as OP claimed that after the latest allegation of 'demanding with menace', she was called in and asked to explain her conduct.
Then, this situation becomes much more pellucid:
Sensing that this was the last straw and she was plumb lbw, the devious but shallow character decided that she will not go down without a fight.
Apparently she then seized the opportunity to access the records of the Permanent Secretary without authorization and what is tantamount to stealing sensitive Government information the madam downloaded as much as she could on the four flash drives, OP accuses her of stealing.
As Freddie Kissoon (admitted book thief) would know, a crime is a crime no matter its nature. That is why madam Justice is blind!
The act of unauthorized copying and leaking of Government information is also a serious issue because if it wasn't why is the United States currently looking at ways with which to charge Jualian Assange of Wikileaks, including the possibility of espionage which has serious consequences?
However, unlike Assange where second hand information was passed on to him, Joseph was the individual who did not intercept but went into an unauthorised office and secretly stole both state property and illegally obtained information and also deleted information from state systems.
If this is not a serious crime, then i really do not know what is!
It is most amusing that this young woman continues to proclaim her innocence while at the same time furnishes Mark Benshop and Kaieteur News with bits and pieces of OP records she illegally obtained, and is being stoutly defended by the Deafendors.
Even more shocking is that this woman and her supporters believe that she can commit such illegalities and yet the state does not have a right to ensure that the matter is investigated.
But then again, as i have maintained the usual suspects would even sell their own mother's to further pursue their anti-government agenda.
Interesting is Marcelle supposedly fleeing to the United States because she is 'terrified of the Guyana Government'!
Isn't that the same claim Julian Assange is making against the very United States as he seeks every way to ensure he is not extradited to that country to face charges for illegalities such as what Marcelle Joseph is accused of?
However, in the end i am not one bit worried about the 'sensitive information' this woman purportedly has.
What is state secret, when all this information is contained in reports appearing before so many public scrutinizing bodies?
I do know she got her desired wish of going to the United States and now she has a full proof plan to secure refugee status.
The Guardian now wants to work at OP to emulate her.
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