The Senior Officers at MERTHYR COUNCIL are experts in the Art of the Cover-up
What is a Cover-up
A good question deserves a good answer.
A cover-up is an attempt, whether successful or not, to conceal evidence of wrongdoing, error, incompetence or other embarrassing information.
The Senior Officers, led by the Monitoring Officer are surely guilty of CONCEALING evidence (obfuscation), committing WRONGDOINGS, being incompetent, and withholding other embarrassing information from Council members and the public that would allow them to be made accountable for the aforementioned evils.
When a scandal breaks, the discovery of an attempt to cover up the truth is often regarded as even more reprehensible than the original deeds.
Cover-ups do not necessarily require the active manipulation of facts or circumstances.
Arguably, the most common form of cover-up is one of non-action.
It is the conscious failure to release incriminating information by a third party.
This “passive cover-up” is often justified by the motive of not wanting to embarrass the culprit or expose them to criminal prosecution or even the belief that the cover-up is justified by protecting the greater community from scandal.
Yet, because of the passive cover-up, the misdeed often goes undiscovered and results in harm to others, ensuing from its failure to be discovered.
Real cover-ups are common enough, but any event that is not completely clear is likely to give rise to a thicket of conspiracy theories alleging covering up of sometimes the weirdest and most unlikely conspiracies.
In a passive cover-up, information is simply not provided; in an active cover-up, deception is used.
The Monitoring Officer is AN EXPERT IN NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION.
The expression is usually applied to people in positions of authority who abuse power to avoid or silence criticism or to deflect guilt of wrongdoing.
THE MONITORING OFFICER AND THE OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS ARE DEFINITELY IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY AND ARE EXPERTS IN ABUSING THEIR POWERS TO AVOID OR SILENCE ANY CRITICISM TO DEFLECT GUILT OF WRONGDOINGS.
Perpetrators of a cover-up (initiators or their allies) may be responsible for a misdeed, a breach of trust or duty, or a crime.
IN OTHER WORDS, PERPETRATORS OF A COVER-UP ARE GUILTY OF GROSS MISCONDUCT AND SHOULD BE SUMMARILY DISMISSED.
While the terms are often used interchangeably, cover-up involves withholding incriminatory evidence,while whitewash involves releasing misleading evidence.
THE MONITORING OFFICER AND THE OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS ARE GUILTY OF COVER-UP (WITHHOLDING INCRIMINATORY EVIDENCE) AND OF WHITEWASH (RELEASING MISLEADING EVIDENCE).
A cover-up involving multiple parties is a type of conspiracy.
THE MERTHYR COUNCIL COVER-UP INVOLVED MULTIPLE PARTIES, NAMELY:
- CARYS KENNEDY – MONITORING OFFICER, HEAD OF LEGAL DEPARTMENT, OVERALL HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES
- GARETH CHAPMAN – EX CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- ELLIS COOPER – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- SIMON JONES – SENIOR SOLICITOR
- FRAN DONNELLY – HEAD OF HR AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- ALEXANDRA BECKHAM – SAFEGUARDING OFFICER
- SARAH BOWEN – LEAD SAFEGUARDING MANAGER
- ROSEMARY LAZELL – CHAIR OF GOVERNORS – YNYSOWEN PRIMARY SCHOOL
- LISA CURTIS-JONES – DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES
IF FRAN DONNELLY IS TELLING THE TRUTH, THE FOLLOWING ARE ALSO GUILTY OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE COVER-UP
- HEAD TEACHERS OF THE FOLLOWING PRIMARY SCHOOLS AS AT FEBRUARY 2016:
- ABERCANAID
- EDWARDSVILLE
- BEDLINOG
- TROEDYRHIW
- YNYSOWEN
ALL THE INFORMATION, IN DETAIL, IS COVERED IN MANY OF MY POSTS ON THIS BLOGSITE
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