US: Madam Speaker, this past Friday the Chamber of Commerce Council issued a public statement concerning Finance Committee’s decision to not spend Government’s money on an entity whose reckless and highly inaccurate third June, 2015, editorial castigated the entire country, called each and every one of us corrupt and in so doing jeopardised our economy.
The Chamber Council also noted its concern regarding what it termed local and global implications of the editorial and the response of the Government as well as the wider community. Members of the Chamber Council noted that the actions of the newspaper and Government are causing negative overseas media coverageMadam Speaker, I sincerely appreciate the Chamber Council finally weighing in on this issue. I also note that besides acknowledging the views of the Finance Committee, the Council has taken note of the wider community’s response; that the editorial and the actions of David Legge after supposedly fleeing Cayman have not been positive.
I am disappointed though that the Chamber response fell short of condemning the Compass’s offending editorial “Corruption: An Insidious Creeping Crime.” It is David Legge’s direct actions, histrionics and fabrications that have directly caused the international media stories that give the Chamber Council and me concern. Yet I do not see the Chamber publicly stating its concern for his actions.
