[www.inewsguyana.com] – Presidential Advisor on Governance and Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira has come out in defense of the young man who has made damming allegations; claiming he was raped by House Speaker Raphael Trotman when he was only 12 – years – old.
Teixeira in responding to an injunction which the Speaker secured against Johnny Welshman, said that no allegation of sexual abuse whether made by a male or female and whether current or going back to their childhood, should be muzzled.
“His complaint should always be taken seriously and be heard and our facilities, institutions, services and environment must always be ones that promote and facilitate such a complaint being made,” the government Chief Whip said in a letter to the Editor.
She has denounced what she said are attempts to gag the accuser. The Government Chief Whip believes the injunction sets a dangerous precedent.
“It opens a door where any and every person who is accused of rape can go to the Court, claim that his/her reputation is being damaged, that the person making the allegations is sick, and that it was a plot or ploy by another person/persons and secure an injunction against the person who is making the claim,” she explained.
She argued too that the injunction now negates the work of the women’s rights movement over the last thirty years and the work of the 9th Parliament which drafted the laws and more importantly the thousands of Guyanese who contributed to that process.
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Teixeira said it is regrettable that the injunction validates once again public opinion of the judicial system. She maintains that the injunction is terribly dangerous; saying it has undermined the entire tenets of justice for victims of sexual violence.
She made it clear too that she was not judging whether the accused Trotman is guilty or not, but believes it is for the court and a jury, if it ever reaches there.
Meanwhile, the Chief Whip lashed out at Rights Groups for what she said was deafening silence in response to “this unprecedented injunction.”
“In the same way that these groups were justifiably adamant that the order should not have been made by the High Court in the Commissioner of Police Henry Greene matter (he too was innocent until proven guilty ), so too, one would expect that they would now be out in full force condemning the grant of this injunction.”
She said the fact that the rights groups are silent in the face of this horrific development is “very, very sad and worrying.”
She concluded that how Guyanese society treats with this issue will depend on how fair and even handed the scale of justice is for the accuser and the accused.
some people can’t seem to get off dem obsession/fascination with bharrat jagdeo. I know why–is because he dash dem hopes of gaining power through violence; he didn’t yield to the 2002-2008 escapees-fineman violence which was politically inspired,politically directed. awright, tell me linden drakes ,how on earth bharrat jagdeo and varshnie story get any relevance to the allegation of trotman putting his penis into the mouth and anus of a little 12 year old boy?
when it matters the most, did we hear the voice of this chief whip coming to the support of Mrs. Jadgeo during the period of alleged abuses at the hands of her husband President Jadgeo.
why should the Guyanese public care about a boy/ now young man who want to be a woman, now after seeing what a woman endure, now run and called it rape.
i like her comment but can she make a comment on bharat jagdeo and varshne singh.
It is well known fact in guyana; right and wrong is determined not by the act but by who commite the act. Way to go guyana.
the rights group? what rights group u talking about lady? take a very serious look at this so called rights group and see them for who or whom they really are…its a bunch of PNC supporters ready willing able to defend certain types of criminals..talk about GHRA then u talking big time representation of well known criminals..talk about RED THREAD its an arm and mouth piece for PNC..this victim is on his own and have to fight the elements of these super humans in society..like the big ones can go in station st to seetas rum shop and piss in your yard and in your face and burn you will acid if you talk against them.trotman can get the court to gag the victim while members of his afc political party having their say on a daily basis through sn and kn who is opposition to ppp..this guy dont stand a ghost of a chance against this big man in society…he is speaker ok… pnc untouchable