We remain wedded to our position that the undertakings given by the President in the Customs/Fidelity affair should serve as an assurance that the ensuing investigation will get to the heart of the matter and that the masterminds behind the scam will be exposed and punished.
On the other hand it comes as no surprise that last week’s dismissal of two Customs Officers and a cashier at Customs House for their alleged involvement in what has now come to be known as the Polar Beer fraud has provoked a measure of protest action by some of their colleagues. Their concern that the sacking of the three may portend a “show trial” at the end of which a few low-level “sacrificial lambs” will have to face the music while the masterminds behind the scam walk free is rooted in their understanding of what has been more-or-less the trend of similar previous investigations. In other words, despite the assurances given by the President they clearly believe that precedent justifies their skepticism.
