Patrick Faber & the UDP Killed Charlie Good…

I don’t really care about the fancy, convoluted medical terms which can be found on the autopsy report of Charles Good. To me that’s neither here nor there. I don’t give a damn about the clinical causes of the death of this man as determined by a medical examiner on the payroll of the Police Department and the Government of Belize – those cold words mean nothing to the family of Charles Good whose foundation has been taken away from them. On Tuesday morning, sometime between 4:00am and 5:00am, Charles Good passed away in a hospital bed at the KHMH, and his widow Hirian Good put the blame squarely where it should be placed when she stated – ‘Patrick Faber turned me into a single mother.’

If the arrogant SOB Minister of Education Patrick Faber had not taken it into his head to fire Hirian Good, an exemplary school warden, because she is a supporter of the People’s United Party, Charles Good would still be with his family today. Patrick Faber stood in front of the nation and admitted that he had fired Hirian Good because she was a PUP, and he needed to make space for his cronies. He stood in front of the nation and related how he humiliated Hirian Good when she went to Brads to ask him why he had fired her when her record as a school warden was excellent.

Patrick Faber didn’t care that he singlehandedly destroyed a family. He didn’t care about the fact that Hirian Good was the sole breadwinner for the family, and that her four children were to go to college. He couldn’t have cared less about the fact that he took food off the table of the Good family out of simple political spite and malice. Patrick Faber won’t shed a tear over the fact that he ultimately is responsible for the death of Charles Good. He won’t shed a tear over the misery and desolation he has caused. But you mark my words – before too much time has passed, that SOB will cry a river, because if there is any consolation to be had by those who grieve, it is that the world is indeed round and Patrick will pay, and pay dearly for what he has done.

I met Charles Good only after he started his protest. He made it a point to seek me out to say ‘thank you’ because he had heard me express support for the stance he had taken in support of his wife. He struck me immediately as a quiet but resolute man. If I had harbored any doubts about the depth of his convictions before I met him, they were dispelled within minutes. After that meeting, I knew that when Charles Good stated that he was prepared to die for his cause, he meant every word. I never expected it to get to that, but in the end, Charles Good did die for his cause – for the cause he took up in support of his wife, in support of his family and in support of all those who have been victimized across the country.

I have said it before and I will say it again in any forum anytime anywhere – Patrick Faber and the UDP are responsible for the death of Charles Good and for the destruction of his family structure. While Patrick Faber was ‘the hand that held the knife,’ Prime Minister Dean Barrow could have stayed the blow. He who pledged faithfully before God to serve all manner of men without fear or favour could have and should have instructed his Minister of Education to rescind his act of political victimization and to hire back Hirian Good. He didn’t. He simply didn’t give a damn. And now Charles Good is dead.

His widow, Hirian, claims that her husband died with no regrets, stating only that if he could have given his life in service of his country, then he could do the same for his wife, his family and all those who had been victimized.

Belize is a different nation – a lesser nation today without the presence of a man like Charles Good.

I am not a man who usually wishes bad things for others, because the world is a dismal enough place, but I’ll make an exception this time. I wish on Patrick Faber all the pain and suffering which he has inflicted on the Good family.

A mass will be held for Charles Good at the St. Joseph Church at 10:00am on Saturday, November 7^th, after which the body will be taken to Cayo for burial. The widow has requested that no BDF or Police personnel be present in uniform. It is my hope that her wishes will be respected.

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