{"id":553,"date":"2010-08-08T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T18:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=553"},"modified":"2010-08-08T14:12:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T18:12:06","slug":"new-dpp-entering-a-wasp-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2010\/08\/new-dpp-entering-a-wasp-nest","title":{"rendered":"New DPP Entering a Wasp Nest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-555\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"graham-allen-vinette\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/graham-allen-vinette.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/graham-allen-vinette.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/graham-allen-vinette-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>The Bahama Journal reports that incoming Director of Public Prosecutions  (DPP), Vinette Graham-Allen is reconsidering her recent appointment in  light of the firestorm of controversy surrounding the top position.<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">The paper says that sources close to the incoming director  told them that Mrs. Graham-Allen does not want to come  &#8220;into a wasp nest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sources have also confirmed that the Jamaican attorney will give the position some more thought.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, she is said to be looking at other opportunities in Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Controversy erupted after rogue civil servant and former Deputy DPP Cheryl  Grant-Bethell was sidestepped for the post.\u00a0 Many assumed that she would  fill the position after her former boss, Bernard Turner, stepped down  last October to become a Supreme Court judge.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said he initially  supported Mrs. Grant-Bethell for the top post but later withdrew that  support for &#8220;good and valid reasons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite promises of an &#8220;open and transparent government&#8221;, those reasons have never been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The rogue prosecutor has since filed an application  for judicial review in the Supreme Court to review her application and  interview process.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, sources said that Mrs. Graham-Allen, who  visited the country earlier this year, was only interviewed by the prime  minister and Chief Justice, Sir Michael Barnett.<\/p>\n<p>She reportedly never met the other members of the  Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC), which is responsible for  all judicial and legal appointments in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee for Justice and Empowerment of  Bahamians also recently expressed disappointment over Mrs. Grant-Bethell  being sidestepped for the top post.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the group wrote Mrs. Graham-Allen to apprise her of the controversy and asked her to turn down the position.<\/p>\n<p>But, Attorney General, John Delaney told the media  yesterday that he expects the new DPP to arrive in the country as early  as next week.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scrappy local paper, run by tax evader Wendell Jones, reports that incoming Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Vinette Graham-Allen is reconsidering her recent appointment in light of the firestorm of controversy surrounding the top 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