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The Lufthansa business

EditorialThe Lufthansa business


Lufthansa per se did not sue the Government of Belize. But ?Lufthansa Consulting Company? is too many words, and everybody has been hearing about Lufthansa. In fact, GOB was pushing the ?Lufthansa? vibes big time, because GOB wanted to piggyback on Lufthansa?s wealth and credibility while the romance was going on. Now that GOB has a problem with some Lufthansa ?people?, GOB does not want to hear anything about Lufthansa per se.


GOB first refused to return Adele Ramos? calls on the matter. The relevant chief executive officer and the Attorney General both refused to respond to Adele, who is being treated as persona non grata by GOB ever since the G-7 uproar last year, and perhaps before. After Adele?s headline story appeared in last Friday morning?s issue of Amandala, GOB did not issue a response until Tuesday morning, May 10 ? four full days later!


GOB then tried to get cute. ?Oh, we?re not being sued by Lufthansa.? Come on, you?re being sued by Lufthansa ?people.?


You?re not being ?sued.? You?re being taken to a court of arbitration. This is equivalent to being sued, but, technically speaking, it is not exactly the same thing. For that reason, the headline writer placed quotation marks around the word ?sues.? The headline article itself then explained that the litigation was a hearing in front of a United Nations court of arbitration, where US$33 million was being claimed by the plaintiffs. ?Taken before a court of arbitration? is too many words for a headline. ?Sues? is one word ? explanation below.


Ordinarily, GOB and the PUP are much less panicky and silly than this. But Adele and this newspaper are both targets. Adele is no one to fool with. She does her homework more than any other journalist in Belize. She is, arguably, the best journalist researcher in Belize. When GOB tried to smear her reputation, she was able to find a November, 2003 quote from the Prime Minister himself which referred specifically to ?Lufthansa Consulting.? That?s November 2003 ? eighteen months ago! Adele, all her colleagues know, don?t tell no lies!

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