THE government is committing a massive act of fraud by using taxpayers’ funds to stage public events from which certain members of the public are barred.
The political leader of the Progressive Empowerment Party (PEP) Phillip Alexander said the National Carnival Commission (NCC) was guilty of this as only persons vaccinated against Covid-19 are allowed to attend its Carnival events.
In a statement on Monday, Alexander said, “Government cannot use taxpayer funds to discriminate and segregate who benefits from those funds. This is clear criminal misbehaviour on the part of the government, and besides being discriminatory and fraudulent, may also constitute grounds for those refused goods and services paid for by their taxes to not only stop paying taxes but to have the taxes they already paid returned.”
He called on the government to end the safe zone policy on public property or face legal consequences.
“We publicly call on the government to cease this policy of discrimination and fraud and to end the idea of safe zones on public property or in events paid for by taxpayer funds within 24 hours. Failure to do so will result in the matter being taken before the courts for restitution and damages,” Alexander stated.
All bars should be open to the public, no safe zone again. All bar owners are suffering. Please help us 😭can’t make a proper day work. 😩😩😩