Dear Editor,
Now that it has been confirmed via an Aishalton Village Council release to the Teaching Service Commission (SN, January 8) that the school teacher, John Adams, was indeed slapped by a Presidential Guard during the President’s visit to Aishalton, the bigger question being asked is what will happen to the guard who physically assaulted the teacher and those who did all in their power to ensure a cover up?
This incident became public news again recently with an apparent sustained effort to have the teacher disciplined and even removed from his village as a consequence of the incident. So in light of this recent sustained effort against the teacher, the letter by the authority of Aishalton Village, the Aishalton Village Council, takes on greater importance and relevance. The letter by the Village Council vindicates what teacher Mr Adams was saying and brings into question that which was released by the Head of the Presidential Guard.
So now that disciplinary action is in the air regarding this incident, how will this new revelation by such a powerful authority as the Aishalton Village Council factor into the actions to be taken?
For starters, all of those who denied the incident ever took place need to feel the full brunt of disciplinary action. Starting with the guard who committed the actual physical assault, to those who seemed bent on denying such an incident ever took place, to those who came out in full denial and who even went into political mode by branding Teacher John an opposition political activist.
During this political season, many will be waiting and watching to see how this ‘discipline’ plays out. Amerindians, in particular will be looking on with keen interest.
Yours faithfully,
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