UNITED KINGDOM
Press TV (Iran)
Press TV has conducted an interview with Camilia Shambayati, commentator and analyst from Tehran, to discuss the resignation of the head of a major British child sex abuse inquiry, marking the third time an official has left this role in the past two years.
The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: We have had reports of child sex abuse scandals and cover-ups involving numerous MPs and celebrities in the UK. Why do you think this inquiry has been dragged out this long and its head changed so many times?
Shambayati: Well, it’s clearly a very convenient situation for the British establishment to be in. You just have to look at the Chilcot report for example which was dragged on for years and years and was only released last month. What that does is it lessens the impacts, softens the blow of the results. And meanwhile, the perpetrators roam free and they’re given sort of respite.
Now, having said that this is also a disaster for the British establishment, because it just shows that lack of management they have and power and they have no handle on the situation. Now, this is the third time this resignation has occurred in just two years, the report was launched two years ago in 2014 and it was spearheaded by former Home Secretary Theresa May.
Now, Dame Goddard gave no reason for her resignation and she was only on the job for 16 months. And what that shows is there is enormous pressure in this position and perhaps because they’re trying to delay the cover-ups and this is an inquiry that’s stretching back decades and it’s an enormous task and it’s going to be a lot of pressure on the next chairman to take this role.
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