Comments on: Delegation Attending Sri Lanka Conference

By: eureka

eureka — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:53:40 +0000

Isn't it terrorism of the state to ''appoint commissions'' to ward off international scrutiny till it passes on to other crises the world is not short of

By: eureka

eureka — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:51:41 +0000

Sri Lankan President has been refusing to publish 15 reports of CoIs/Commissions he appointed in the last six years:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/85007346/A-List-of-Commissions-of-Inquiry-and-Committees-Appointed-by-the-Government-of-Sri-Lanka-2006-%E2%80%93-2012

That’s the history of successive governments of Sri Lanka:
Successive Sri Lankan governments have been doing the same for decades:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA37/005/2009/en

Will the C’wealth Conference press Sri Lanka to release the reports

By: J Starling

J Starling — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:49:31 +0000

We, the taxpayers, are not paying them to go. If you scroll down you’ll see the links in my earlier post detailing how the trip itself is refunded and hotels, transport and food are provided by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

By: pepper

pepper — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:39:06 +0000

Lowe, is being rewarded for his tenure as the speaker of the house,and that is the truth……why the hell do we tax payers have to pay for these lot to go to Sri lanka ? what the hell benifit will this trip help Bermuda ?

By: J Starling

J Starling — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:04:58 +0000

The Commonwealth covers the cost of hotels and ground transportation, as well as refunds the plane tickets (by the most economical route).

See – https://cpc2012.parliament.lk/docs/cpc_2012_information_circular.pdf

And – http://www.cpahq.org/cpahq/Mem/Annual_Conference/Sri_Lanka/Refund_Policy.aspx

By: navin Johnson

navin Johnson — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:27:05 +0000

Pamplin went to Panama last week on a conference…….Stanley Lowe is retired or retiring so why would he go…all the Listers sit quietly on the back bench….Lovita Foggo? she will be out of politics in a few months….dont even know who Donte Hunt is…..the point is that this is just another in a long line of useless trips while people are sitting in the dark with out the ability to pay their Belco bill…..send one person if you must but 5? not end to the gouging and waste of the peoples money……

By: lolol

lolol — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:30:47 +0000

Go Donte go lol time to get paid mate. Get your free trips in. More to come after the OBA wins the next election.

By: observer

observer — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:55:43 +0000

This has no importance to Bermuda. Save your money. Isn’t Mr Lowe retiring, why would he be going? What a waist of time, energy and money.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:34:06 +0000

For junkets like this I am political party blind. Hmmmm, count em. At least six of them. Take a look to see where Sri Lanka is. At least business class tickets, hotels (nothing but the best for Bermudians), food (again nothing but the best), daily incidentals & so on. Yes sir, those dollars add up quick.

By: OBA Travellers

OBA Travellers — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:22:55 +0000

Pamplin is usually on these trips. Fancy she let Hunte get a trip. Must be an election looming.

By: James

James — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:22:28 +0000

Unbelieveable.

By: Ian Moone

Ian Moone — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:51:20 +0000

Don’t you see that the OBA (Donte Hunt) will be going on the trip too? Or are you just Political Party blind?

By: Liars!

Liars! — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:37:31 +0000

Fu?> you hmmmmm. you haven’t a clue

By: Tacuma Stevens

Tacuma Stevens — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:33:06 +0000

I hope they plan to address the plethora of war crime / human right violations and various other atrocities initiated at the hands of their host, the Sri Lankan government against the Tamils in the North and East of the country even after the civil war ended under the planned workshops B and G !

See the links: http://www.hrw.org/asia/sri-lanka
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17353223
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17471300

By: hmmm

hmmm — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:01:30 +0000

Hundreds of thousands?? Really?? Let’s not stretch the truth here.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:53:36 +0000

Half way around the world, for what exactly?

Another nice junket that will cost into the hundreds of thousands.

OBA, are you taking notes?

By: Family Man

Family Man — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:40:43 +0000

Just can’t resist a party on someone else’s dime can they?

You know, you’d have a better chance of “Ensuring a Relevant Commonwealth for the Future” if you stopped pissing away the money today.

By: Must be nice...

Must be nice... — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:02:00 +0000

…that in this economic time there is still jollies to be had and that Bermuda will benefit from sending these people to Sri Lanka for an all expenses paid boondoggle.