PRESS RELEASE - The handling of the Lambirds Academy scandal continues to be a great cause for concern.
In light of this, I am calling for the immediate reinstatement of the two senior police officers who were initially investigating the Lambirds Academy Scandal.
The courageous and professional officers are not the wrong doers in this scandal and therefore, their removal from this serious criminal investigationmay be interpreted as clear interference in the ongoing probe and may very likely be compromising this investigation.
More than seventy students from Nepal, Bangladesh and India are stranded in St. Lucia following the arrests of the owners and operators of Lambirds Academy.
They were charged with human trafficking, fraud and money laundering. The students are now surviving,in large measure, through the kindness of the Roman Catholic Church and the citizens of St. Lucia.
This Thursday May 21, 2015, I will be holding a meeting in the town of Gros Islet to highlight the role of Honourable Emma Hippolyte in the Lambirds Scandal, as well as discussing the Cuban Visa fiasco and the economic hardship afflicting most St. Lucians as a result of this Labour administration poor fiscal policies and mismanagement of the country’s economy.