In the early nineteen Seventies, an ambitious young lawyer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines completed his doctoral dissertation, then he return to the Eastern Caribbean with his PhD. in political science. Although obtaining a doctorate was a big thing, when this young PhD. this young Vincentian was given a teaching fellowship at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, it was even a bigger thing then.
This was major important thing in that era. Let me paint the picture for you. To attend a school for and of higher learning was something that was reserved for the brilliant-wealthy within the community. The people who fell into this category was very minute. I will venture to say this that many was wealthy but not brilliant enough to gain acceptance into such a school and in the same manner many were brilliant but were not wealthy enough to afford the thought of going to such a school. So to know someone who was employed at one of these school was a big thing.
The person of whom I speak is the current Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Ralph E. Gonsalves PhD. I conclude that the date was 1973 from a speech Mr. Gonsalves made in Grenada, when he spoke of his expulsion from Barbados by the Barbados Government.
In 1973, something went extremely chaotic for this overly ambitious young Lawyer, which sent his university teaching fellowship in trouble. One of his teaching colleagues, a young Female who also had a teaching fellowship with the same institution (The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus), reported that this young Vincentian PhD. Ralph Gonsalves had inappropriately and sexually imposed himself upon her.
What was the true nature of the allegations that was made against Gonsalves? I will say this whatever the nature of the sexual acts, five extremely major events came out of the report. One of those events happened some thirty (36) years later. (Please pay attention and you will be able to detect the five major events that followed). After this report was made a few strange things transpired that upon careful review have move me, to arrive to my conclusion.
A Trade Unionist from St. Vincent and the Grenadines by the name of Burns Bonadie, was on the Island of Barbados at the time of Ralph Gonsalves’ troubles. Upon Ralph E. Gonsalves request, Burns organized for a (decease captain, whom for reason unknown to me, Gonsalves grew too despised) vessel to secretly smuggle Ralph Gonsalves out of Barbados. It was at the dead of night, when the entire Barbados population was fast asleep that Burns and his accomplices; dressed Ralph Gonsalves in the garment of a woman, and not taking any chances, they also rapped him in sheets and carry him on board the vessel that left Barbados in the dead of night without proper Barbados sea port clearance.
By this time the Government of Barbados have already revoke the work permit (which make it impossible for Ralph to earn a living on that Island) and they also revoke his residence which making it illegal for the young PhD. to make it lawful for him to continue to live on that Island without first going to the immigration authority to be conditioned.
The whole idea behind the revocation of Gonsalves Barbados residence and workers permit was to ensure that he leave the island via a legal rout. The question that we all must answer is: Did the Government of Barbados wanted Gonsalves to leave the island or was there more to it. From Ralph Gonsalves’ behavior there were more to it than simply getting him off of the island. This is what occurred behind the scenes.
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