I feel that Attorney Fred Smith, QC, has declared ‘war’ on the immigration system, moved to overrule the spirit if the constitution and enacted a coup against the ideals of the sovereignty of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

And at this hour one of two things is on the way, either the end of Fred Smith’s unrelenting crusade against matters that are, at this time, beyond his reach, or the end of The Bahamas as we know it because both cannot continue, because you simply cannot continue to attack and tear down the country which you call home and make home for others whom you are seeking a better life without consequence.

“Move to have ministers jailed – Jean-Charles’ attorneys file motion to imprison Bethel and Symonette” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Charging an ‘egregious abuse of executive power’, attorney for Bahamas-born Jean Rony Jean-Charles are seeking to have Attorney General Carl Bethel, Immigration Minister Brent Symonette, former Director of Immigration William Pratt, Officer in Charge of the Carmichael Road Detention Centre Peter Joseph and Royal Bahamas Defense Force Commodore Tellis Bethel found in contempt of court and imprisoned.

However, Bethel charged yesterday the government will not be ‘rolled over’ by some hastily filed and served action’ and pledged to defend the position that the government took in the controversial matter.

The motion comes at the height of the ongoing case involving Jean-Charles, 35, who was deported to Haiti in September, without being charged.”

In my opinion, the fact that Jean-Charles was expelled from the country without due process is the entire problem here and something that I feels that needs to be addressed, as I am sure that it may have happened in the past and it is something that  we do not want to happen again in the future, it simply was wrong but it seems that Jean-Charles Attorney Fred Smith smells blood in the water and seem to be on the ‘attack’ but to what end because I feel calling for these men to me fired does not serve to move us any closer to a resolution of this problem.

Fred Smith, keeps putting the entire blame for this situation on the government of The Bahamas but seems not to take any personal responsibility for not filing a writ of habeas corpus when his client went ‘missing’ last year, because in my opinion his client was not unlawfully arrested and detained,  and of course if his client had done what was required by law and filed for citizenship at the required time, then we may not be here at this point but I have not come to point fingers only to say that I feel that in light of what is presently going on regarding this case, on the governments part, that the clients lawyer is no overreaching and is on a very ‘weak’ branch.

Several things are going on right now which are very important, an appeal to the judge’s ruling has been filed, probably the reason for this latest action by Fred Smith to imprison certain persons and we have now come to see where our immigration laws are deficient and at this very time I would hope that the Attorney General’s ENTIRE staff is working to bring forth the necessary amendments to the law to address these deficiencies.

Just pardon my redundancy, as I address Fred Smiths latest attack on the three branches of the government, as this is exactly what he is doing at this time, you cannot attack and tear down the country that you wish to call home and make home for others seeking a better life..

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