Dear Editor,
Whenever a politician feels that he or she is untouchable, that official always plays the victim role and puts on a recital, just to keep the public convinced of that false narrative. Besides, that politician uses his or her enablers to prop up the performance, so that the storyline remains the focal point, because the truth becomes a distraction. How sad and unfortunate, that in 2025, the people are still being mesmerized by a dynasty that has kept them oppressed for decades.
The parliamentary meeting that was held on Thursday, November 13, 2025, was almost completely useless. The only good thing that came out of the assembly was that the exposer has exposed herself further into the mire. I did not watch the live broadcast, but viewed the tape a short while ago, and I must say that it was quite shameful to see that Minister Grisha Heyliger-Marten could stoop that low, to include those images into her presentation.
Is it not that this minister vowed to serve the people with integrity? Unless her version of integrity is different, that presentation does not reflect the behaviour of an official who claims to possess these principles. The conduct was childish and malicious in nature, especially when Member of Parliament Francisco Lacroes said that the presentation that parliament received in advance was not the same as the one presented to the public.
If this is so, then the presentation was intentional and devoid of any semblance of integrity – the same principle that is being pushed verbally, but not in practice. But Minister Grisha Heyliger-Marten was not the only one who is to be blamed for this gross negligence that took place in The People’s House. MP Lacroes, too, should have used wisdom and never begin his presentation with a picture of the minister’s spouse. It was simply unprofessional and not necessary.
You see, she took him down the rabbit hole (just like what she is doing in the Council of Ministers), but he was too blind to see or too naive to understand, until it was too late. If his hands are clean, as he claimed, why would he engage in a battle that he knew he couldn’t win? Because, MP Lacroes knows that a minister could add images to his or her presentation, but an MP cannot. This was forbidden by the Chair of Parliament, due to mal-intent by a previous MP.
Even though a minister has this right, I still feel that when Minister Grisha Heyliger-Marten included those images in her presentation, Chairlady Sarah Wescot-Williams should have interrupted the meeting and let the minister know that those pictures do not reflect the conduct of a professional, nor an executive official. Just like how she was quick to inform MP Lacroes of her experience with those types of subliminal messages in the past, she should have chastised the minister, right away.
Chairlady Sarah Wescot-Williams, I don’t care how you dice it. If it is wrong for MP Lacroes, then, it must be wrong for Minister Heyliger-Marten. Because, if the minister had images of pornography, you wouldn’t have allowed it, even though she has the right to add pictures to her presentation. Likewise, if MP Lacroes had started his presentation with a positive image, you wouldn’t have intervened.
This is why I wouldn’t even waste time to comment on the other hypocrites. Because, when Golden Boy was doing his wrong, none of you all called him out. So, why protect him now? This incident also shows how the Chair of the committee, Viren Kotai, has very little knowledge of the workings of parliament. A competent Chair would have pointed out to the minister the negative implications that these pictures would have on his colleague.
A capable and fair Chair would have demanded an adjournment, so that the minister could rectify the matter, before proceeding with the meeting. Guaranteed, if this was done, MP Lacroes would have never started his presentation with the picture of her spouse. But, MP Viren Kotai is there to protect the minister, and that is why the public received a biased and unprofessional presentation that did not revealed anything that the public wasn’t aware of.
What I was very disappointed in is that MP Lacroes appeared to be so broken that he couldn’t even defend himself. The worst part is that he let Minister Grisha Heyliger-Marten off the hook, by suggesting that she answers the questions in writing. What was he thinking? The minister had to come back in person, because this meeting would have generated more scrutiny than the one that was held on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
Joslyn Morton
