Opposition Leader Defends Arthur “Uncle” Williams

Is Commissioner of Police Chester Williams misusing his authority to drag his brother Arthur Williams before the courts? Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne’ Barrow surely thinks that is the case. Last week, we told you that Arthur Williams was arraigned on a single charge of contempt of judicial orders. That is after he allegedly violated bail conditions which stipulate that he must not post anything about the Commissioner of Police or the Belize Police Department. Barrow is accusing ComPol Williams of using the Cyber Crime Act to criminalize his own brother over a civil or personal matter.  Barrow says he personally tried to get an attorney for Arthur Williams, but no one would take up the case. Tonight, he is telling the Commissioner of Police to get his house in order.

 

Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition

“The commissioner likes to talk about the U.D.P. not having its house in order well when u reach to a point where you are sending police to arrest and charge your own brother for expressing his opinions on matters that I think he would know about in Stan Creek west and wherever else. Recently Arthur Williams made an ambiguous comment, and he was dragged back before the court and it is alarming, and you hear about how the ComPol talks about me and how he chastise me, isn’t that considered cyberbullying? I was alarmed that they dragged Arthur Williams, the commissioner had his brother dragged before the court for some ambiguous, he did not say the commissioners name, he did not say anything, you would really had to know, and I see people post ambiguous things about me all the time, but as long as they call your name you can’t sue them. Where are we as a nation if everything somebody says on Facebook is going to be cyberbullying and then apply the law equally. Don’t apply the law just to uncle because it’s impacting the commissioner. Then the commissioner is a “Bwai named sue”, he’s apart of the club, according to Jules Vasquez, I’m a part of the club as well. So why didn’t he sue his brother? Is it that his brother is telling the truth, and he has no proof that his brother is lying? I’m very very concerned. Then he said that his brother may have mental health issues, if this is the case, then the criminal court is certainly not the place for his brother. Right, let’s get him the help that he needs, that’s the type of intervention that we should have. To criminalize someone that you claim has a mental health problem; I don’t know if uncle has a mental problem as he’s affectionately known. But I’m very concerned and then I tried to assist with a lawyer, because you know in the criminal justice system in Belize if you don’t have a lawyer, then you will be taken advantage of. It is a problem in our country where people who don’t have representation sometimes don’t get justice, and no lawyer wanted to take the case. That says a lot.”