Thread: BBC NEWS: Mutiny in the Caribbean

gOVERnment corruption even in paradise, eh??

check it out:

.....all seems well on the beautiful Turks and Caicos islands.

But storm clouds have been gathering ever since the British government dissolved the local parliament and restored direct rule in August, following claims of high level corruption and misrule.

here's an idea why:

The British government took matters into its own hands following a Foreign Office report which found "clear signs of political amorality and immaturity and of a general administrative incompetence" within the island nation's parliament.

I LOL'd at that bit...immaturity.

but after reading the article, it makes sense to use that word. Other than selfishness.

He spent some tax dollar coin on a bullet proof car, summer parties ( with nice girls???)

apparantly, the islands have a small population too.

was there a small admission of guilt??

Looks like it:

"We could have been more prudent," admits former prime minister Galmore Williams, who served as a minister in Michael Misick's government.

most of the people on the islands were happy to have the English come to the island to take over governance, but now it's a bit of a different story:

says Douglas Parnell, the new leader of the Peoples Democratic Movement party........We currently have petitions going on about concerns of new taxes that are coming on stream. I think we'll see a greater agitation on part of the people,"

and that's not all. Apparantly, the Governor of the Islands is by some, considered to be a dictator:

"The Gordon Wetherall (The island's Governor) administration is the only other administration besides from Castro's Cuba that has the type of power that exists in the Turks and Caicos. One man can decide the fate of an entire country."

read all about it:

BBC - Today - Mutiny in the Caribbean

one of the primary reasons why colonies still exist for the French, the British, the Portuguese, and others is primarily for monetary reasons.
For example, take the tourist portion of an island's economy. The island makes money off, of visitors. Some of that money goes to the central government or the regional government of an island archipelago.
From there, I am assuming that it would further go to the Colonial government.


cha-ching


Not only that, it's also a heritage issue for that particular Colonizing power. The colonizing power feels that they inherited via either the market and trading days from a few hundred years ago or the slave trading days and so want to maintain keeping that colony.