Corruption Haitian American wins seat
charges
expected soon
and has filed elections petitions that are
due to be heard next week.
In recent weeks, the Guyana cabinet
detailed plans to reopen investigations
into several land and other deals which
had been negotiated by the previous
batch of officials and has signaled that
criminal charges will soon follow. The
opposition has put up little resistance
against plans by the government to
indict former top officials, confining
their reactions in weekly press statements.
To prove it is serious, several top
officials of the elections commission,
alleged to be sympathetic to the current
opposition crop of officials, have
already been charged criminally with
fraud linked to the March 2 elections
and have been released on bail.
In relation to deals made between
201-2020, the police’s major crimes unit
has been handed several files on alleged
corruption and is expected to lay charges
in the coming weeks.
In Paramaribo, the Surinamese capital,
President Santokhi told parliament
that ex VP Adhin was nabbed based on
investigation and interrogation of three
men who were part of his office.
“Based on that interrogation and the
statements of others, the public prosecutor’s
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office has deemed it necessary to
detain him as a suspect,” Santohki said.
The decision to arrest and detain him
came after a police confrontation with
his former staffers on Tuesday.
In both cases, once powerful parties
now in opposition appear to be operating
at low energy levels and seem to
be caught off guard by official moves
despite signals from both governments
of their plans to act.
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crats had requested the overwhelming
majority.
“I’m ecstatic to announce that the
voters of the 46th District have sent
me back to Albany (the state’s capital)
for another two years,” Frontus said.
“Thank you to everyone who helped to
make this victory possible, including,
first and foremost, my constituents,
my campaign team (Underdog Strategies),
various elected officials, several
Democratic clubs, volunteers from all
across my district, our borough and
city who came together to support my
re-election.
“I am humbled and grateful for the
opportunity to keep serving the community
that has raised me for the last
35 years and a district that has broadened
my horizon in more ways that I
can express,” she added.
“As we celebrate our victory tonight,
I remain sober about all the work that
lies ahead,” Frontus continued. “I will
be serving another term in the New
York State Legislature during one of
the most unprecedented moments in
our state’s history.
“My colleagues and I face common
responsibilities to make sure that the
individuals, families and small business
in our state can hold on and
thrive in the midst of a global pandemic
and economic downturn,” she
said. “Southern Brooklyn can count
on me to keep fighting every single day
as we go through these challenging
times together. It’s truly an honor to be
entrusted with your support.”
Earlier on Wednesday, the Brooklyn
Democratic Party said in a statement
that Frontus and State Sen. Andrew
Gounardes were “well on their way to
successfully defending their legislative
seats.”
The party said mail-in ballots showed
“the power of voters to ensure progressives
retain control in Albany.”
“There were those who doubted us,
but it was community volunteers and
our legal team who never gave up on
the importance of sending them back
to represent us in Albany,” said Haitian
American Assemblywoman Rodneyse
Bichotte, Brooklyn’s Democratic Party
chair. “We were confident of our voters
in these elections who would not let
the challenges of the pandemic keep
them from expressing their will at the
ballot box. Brooklyn remains blue!”
“Just as we saw in the role mail-in
ballots played in voting to send Joe
Biden and Kamala Harris to the White
House, our victories in Brooklyn are
a great example of how the community
and the grass-roots party worked
together to secure these two seats,”
added Bichotte, another daughter of
Haitian immigrants, who represents
the 42nd Assembly District in Brooklyn.”
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Ashwin Adhin, former vice-president
of Suriname. REUTERS/Carlo
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