Truth To Power

A Three-Part Vehicle-Gate Episode of Corruption: The Fleecing of the Antigua and Barbuda Public Treasury By Kwame Nkosi Romo Part 1; The Political Marriage of Nepotism and Kleptocracy "There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery." -Karl Marx The political marriage of a lack of transparency and accountability is today's chaos of corruption, characterized by the absence of these criteria in the Antigua Labor Party (ALP) led by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Gaston Browne! As Antigua and Barbuda celebrates its 44th year of Independence, ensnared in yet another corruption scandal, dubbed "Vehicle-Gate", it comes amid growing public discontent as the economic hardship of everyday living becomes increasingly complex! Meanwhile, the ruling hierarchy enjoys life's luxuries at the expense of taxpayers' income. This misuse of public office for private gain was vividly exposed ...