Kamla: Faris Must Resign or be Fired

The people of this country are fed up of the incompetence and bold-faced greed of Attorney General Faris al Rawi. He is the personification of greed and selfishness by a few in the society which is the root cause of poverty and crime. The gluttonous rental deals of Faris al Rawi takes food from the tables of the poor, deprives our citizens of adequate healthcare and hinders the provision of security to the nation.

The Rowley Government seems intent on enabling corruption as seen in the ferry deals, fake oil, Rawi rentals and contracts for ministers’ wives. The Prime Minister defends the self-indulgent deal-making of Al Rawi yet has not an iota of concern for the over 50,000 workers who have been fired.

The conduct of this Attorney General has gone from incompetence to insanity. He has presided over the destruction of confidence in the judiciary and judicial services are grinding to a halt because of his incompetence. Judicial workers are now in the firing line because of a myriad of poor decisions by this Government.

The opposition has consistently said that we will support good law and the Attorney General has consistently presented poorly drafted and erroneous legislation to the parliament. Each Bill he has presented has had to undergo extensive surgery by the opposition to correct the glaring faults contained within them before they are passed.

The opposition is constantly forced to spend hours of parliamentary time correcting the substandard work of Al Rawi in order to protect our citizens’ rights. Instead of debasing the office of the Attorney General with childish tantrums of “they afraid” or “they have something to hide” every time he wants to pass a bill, he should bring good legislation and present cogent arguments rooted in proper law to get them passed. Our population is too educated and sophisticated to fall for these infantile mind games and our society demands better.

Faris al Rawi does not have the confidence of the population. His voracious greed as exposed in his over 100-million-dollar rental scandal coupled with his gross incompetence at running the legal affairs of the nation is beneath the office of the Attorney General. These Alexandra street property rental scandals where Faris has enriched himself on the public purse while thousands suffer coupled with his legislative incompetence demand that Faris resign or be removed from office.