Dr. Charles Flemming has died. Based on dependable overeas sources, the previous Saint Lucia ambassador to the U.N. handed away not too long ago and was interred at Kenisco cemetery in “the hamlet of Valhalla,” Westchester, New York. Flemming, particularly remembered for his sartorial class, was additionally broadly admired for his oratory and his wit. He was the central determine in what turned recognized in 1995 as “the U.N. Funds Scandal.”
Regardless of that he was Saint Lucia’s face and voice on the United Nations, few Saint Lucians at dwelling and overseas had heard of Charles Flemming till the scandal that thrust a number of of the nation’s extra puffed-up political figures reluctantly right into a highlight they’d’ve accomplished nearly something to keep away from. The group included everlasting secretaries, authorities ministers, the deceased chairman of the United Staff Get together (represented by a retired lawyer common), overseas affairs personnel, to not point out the day’s prime minister himself.
At a associated extremely controversial fee of inquiry, John Compton was pressured to confess earlier than a panel of top-tier that comprised authorized eagles from Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago that he was misled by one in all his most trusted authorities officers. However sufficient, for now. Look out for extra particulars of how 1000’s of {dollars} extracted from the UNDP, ostensibly for official use in Saint Lucia, disappeared with out hint. In case you by no means knew the origin of the “I used to be duped” line that sought to excuse the surreptitious withdrawal of extra 1000’s of {dollars} from the Consolidated Fund, by a person charged with working the nation’s public service, you then gained’t need to miss subsequent week’s STAR on-line!
