Croneyism: Making your personal friend and daughter’s godfather chairman of CBC

What do you call it when the prime minister of Barbados appoints his personal friend and the godfather of his daughter as the chairman of the broadcasting corporation which controls the country’s sole television station? Especially when the friend and godfather is an insurance executive with no broadcasting experience?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Croneyism

cro·ny·ism

n. Favoritism shown to old friends without regard for their qualifications, as in political appointments to office.

Cat Piss

http://www.nationnews.com/story/290779605789101.php

Family, friends proud of new PM
Published on: 1/17/08.

Another long-time associate, Leroy Parris, chairman of CLICO Holdings (Barbados) Limited, said: “It was a very good feeling to be here to celebrate with a very good friend of mine.

“A lot of people do not know this but David is the godfather of my son and I am the godfather of his last daughter so there is not only a political relationship, but a personal relationship as well. Also, David is my attorney-at-law.

“As you know, over the last 15 years I have been battered in the media for my relationship with him, but I have continued to stand by his side because a friend is a friend and friendship means a whole lot to me, not just as a political friend but a real friend.

http://www.cbc.bb/content/view/14103/10/

Prime Minister David Thompson has announced the names of members to 12 other boards
Saturday, 09 February 2008

Insurance executive Leroy Parris has been appointed as Chairman of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation;

DLP’s first act of WICKEDNESS. Four junior UDC workers dismissed yesterday!

Time for change?

It is one thing to dismiss the big boys when government changes, but the vindictiveness, victimisation, abuse of power and WICKEDNESS of what prime minister David Thompson and the DLP government did yesterday, when FOUR JUNIOR MEMBERS OF STAFF at the Urban Development Commission were fired because they were deemed to be “close” to O’Brien Trotman and George Edghill marks a sad day in the history of this country. Who will speak out for the unknown public workers in Barbados when the government of the day can so callously dismiss them like this?

This act of political victimisation stinks to high heavens!!!

Bajans be warned! Brace yourselves for a long period of political victimisation and witchhunts in this country over the next five years.

Cat Piss

http://bajanfreepress.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/dlp-victimisation-at-udc-continues-four-more-employees-dismissed/

DLP victimisation at UDC continues… four more employees dismissed!

The wickedness of prime minister David Thompson and his new Democratic Labour Party government was unleashed today on the workers of the Urban Development Commission when four JUNIOR members of staff were dismissed because they were deemed to be people who were “close” to the former director George Edghill and former urban renewal advisor O’Brien Trotman who were themselves dismissed two days ago. Remaining staff left work today sympathising for their victimised colleagues and worried about the security of their own jobs as the DLP witchhunt continues in Barbados. What is most sickening about this situation is that these employees are not “big wigs” but ordinary junior employees.Bajan Free Press condemns prime minister David Thompson and his DLP government for these acts of wickedness, oppression and political victimisation against Barbadian public workers. All Bajan public workers are warned to take heed of what has happened at the UDC today, and we should ALL keep a close eye on it in the days and weeks ahead, since more innocent workers could be targeted in this climate of fear and intimidation.

Bajan Free Press