Home Affairs Minister on Allegations Against Cabinet Minister

We also spoke to Minister of Home Affairs Kareem Musa about the allegations made against his cabinet colleague. Minister Musa says he has seen Auxillou’s latest Facebook. He says that without a police complaint, the post is defamatory.

 

Paul Lopez

“Are you aware if Mr. Perez was investigated in terms of the allegations that were brought against him initially?”

 

Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs 

“I know that the attorney General, Mr. Sylvester was tasked to conduct and carry out an investigation into  those allegations so to speak. To me there was just a lot of post that have been shared by whatsapp and being shared on social media. So I don’t know if anything went beyond that. I know that at the time, based on that sort of information that was coming out it seemed to have been somewhat of a consensual relationship. So I don’t think there was anything done further. As you know, neither party has come forward to the police department to make any sort  of police report and I think that is where that ended up. I am only now seeing a facebook post in which I don’t even want to answer a question to that effect because we might be committing defamation of character when in fact a police report has not been made. So it is always encouraged, if you have any sort of allegation to make, whether it is true or false, the court will decide if it is true or false, and perhaps the chips will fall where they may then. But to me, this seems to be some sort of new allegation being made.”

 

Paul Lopez

“Do you welcome your colleagues’ return to the cabinet?

 

Kareem Musa

“Andre Perez has been one of the hardest working ministers. He did a lot at civil aviation and of course , the blue economy. He is now reinstated as the minister of Blue Economy. He contributes a lot to our Cabinet discussions and the decisions we make in the Cabinet.”