A Three-Part Vehicle-Gate Episode of Corruption: The Fleecing of Antigua and Barbuda's Public Treasury

By Kwame Nkosi Romeo

Part 2

The Chaos of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) Corruption: National Hero and Living Legend Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards Demands Accountability!

Liberation cannot thrive on the dead leaves of justice!

Bombshell

Sir Viv's Decisive Action:

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne made an unwarranted attack against our nation's beloved National Hero and Living Legend, Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, in response to Sir Viv's demand for an impartial investigation into the "Vehicle-Gate" scandal of corruption!

Sir Viv's decisive action echoed the sentiments of the majority, who seek justice through accountability and transparency for better governance, as "the best way to resolve those issues was to first have a proper investigation."

Those words were a powerful strike that disarmed Prime Minister Browne, whose demeaning and defensive words bordered on public contempt!

Soon after, Prime Minister Browne, disregarding accountability, strongly protested, using words filled with notorious and threatening intent against Sir Viv's honorable words: "Tek wah yuh get!"

Political Turmoil of Non-Accountability:

During this political turmoil of non-accountability, a meaningful quote of solidarity arose from Zohran Mamdani's address after winning the mayoralty of New York City on November 4, 2025:

"To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us."

That message must be echoed loud and clear from the Spirit of Resistance of Sir Viv's Oval to the Halls of Parliament's injustice, affirming that we, the people, are the vanguard and protectors of each other!

We are the soldiers of our nation's economy and guardians of its assets!

Therefore, what makes Prime Minister Browne presume that an outright threat against Sir Viv would not have any consequential retaliatory response, as in the local vernacular "who get um tek um" made popular by the world famous Burning Flames!

In essence, Sir Viv's words corroborate the views of the famous Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'O, "The Devil on the Cross," that point to the failure of Prime Minister Browne's moral leadership;

"Blessed is the man who robs another of five shillings, and then gives him back half a shilling for salt, for he shall be called generous."

Neither will Prime Minister Browne's often-repeated words sway the masses, "He who is without sin," which is a sanctimonious deflection, nor his mentor's blasphemous words from the former notorious Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, "He who opposes me, opposes God," which betray and muzzle the people's rights to take action against political wrongdoings.

This also gives devious politicians the right to condemn others into silence with violent words, but Sir Viv can never be silenced or bought!

Moreover, Sir Viv's distinguished and noble legacy cannot be ambushed by either Prime Minister Browne or the pro-government interest group Antigua and Barbuda Reparation Commission (ABRC) in its use of King Court, National Hero, and Revolutionary Leader of the 1736 Antigua Slave Revolt to embellish Prime Minister Browne's image and distract from issues of accountability.

Yet at the same time, the ABRC upholds the ALP's injustice of financial mismanagement and crimes of oppression, and their silence is deafening following Prime Minister Browne's treachery of words and assault on Sir Viv's character!

Are these everyday tragedies not of concern to the advocates of reparative justice?

ABRC Co-optation of ALP Agenda:

The ABRC followers' co-optation of Prime Minister Browne's agenda by failing to challenge the economic crimes committed by the ALP government is itself guilty of treason, and there is nothing to fear but your conscience of guilt!

Some advocates who once challenged the unjust political system of inequality have forgotten the principles of the Antigua Harambee Drama Group of the 1970s and are now caught in that system of oppression, ensnared in its own Tangled Web of deception, disunity, and influences of the pocket and titles 

What would today's King Court think about your sellout agenda of compromise?

Today's King Court, "King of the Coromantess," would be strategizing a revolt against this oppression facing our people. His legacy, like that of Sir Viv, "King Viv," is one of inspiration for justice and liberation.

Sir Viv is a symbol of courage and perseverance from the South African Apartheid era of struggle, and today, battling the ALP government to look out for the people's interest and not to plunder taxpayers' income into oblivion!

The scandal surrounding Prime Minister Gaston Browne and the power of arrogance is what Sir Viv was addressing: the absolute power of endemic corruption that is answerable to the people's power.

We must bury political disloyalty, betrayal, and distrust in the graveyard of political despair!

In Solidarity with our National Hero and Living Legend, Sir Viv Richards, and all those who continue to speak out!