Senators Urge Social Security Board to Take a Stance on BTL

Independent senators are now widening their focus in the ongoing Speednet–Telemedia controversy, this time turning their attention to the Social Security Board. They’re urging the board to take a firm stand, arguing that as a major shareholder, the SSB has both the authority, and the responsibility, to step in and protect workers’ contributions, even if that means heading to court. Today, Union Senator Glenfield Dennison explained why he believes the time to act is now, and whether ordinary citizens also have legal options in this fight.

 

Glenfield Dennison, Union Senator

“Social Security, being a shareholder has in law standing to go before the Supreme Court for an injunctive relief whenever they feel like BTL is not acting in their best interest and so we want to urge Social Security Board to pay attention. And notwithstanding the fact that you, majority of the members are appointed by the government, you have a fiduciary duty to the workers of police. And so, the appeal to social security board to take a position is rooted in the fact that they are putting workers monies at risk. When they do something like this. And that’s where we start because they have the best standing as I think one third shareholder of Digi to make a official position known on where they stand as one of the larger shareholders.”

 

Reporter

“Is it the understanding that a citizen can actually pursue that remedy as well in the court?”

 

Glenfield Dennison

“It depends. The answer is yes. But it depends on the course of action that is being taken because the telecoms Act and the PUC Act provides for specific instances where private citizens can seek a remedy. But you see this deal is happening in such a vacuum that in order for you to put evidence before a court in the form of an affidavit, you have to be in the know. Like you have to know certain things. You can’t go to the Supreme Court and say, I want an injunction because I feel like this no this is no good. So that’s why we’re suggesting that SSBs, they had to have shown their directors that they sign on disclosure and things like that. But they have the most information.”