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From thebahamasweekly.com - Bahamian Politics
Response By Fred Mitchell MP on Comments of The Minister of National Security on Prison Promotions Opposition Spokesman on the Public Service
5th March 2009
I take grave exception to the remarks delivered in the House of Assembly near midnight on Thursday 4th March by the Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest in which he claimed that there was political interference in prison promotions prior to his coming to office. That is a despicable untruth. If this were said outside the House, it would be a grave libel. I challenge him to give any credible evidence that there was political interference. The record will show that the promotions at the prison were at all times guided by the due processes of the Prison Department and the Ministry of National Security in consultation with the Prison Staff Association. The Minister ought to concentrate on getting the job done and stop trying to rewrite history. The fact is that shortly after they came to office, the FNM Administration unfairly withdrew lawfully granted promotions to prison officers under procedures agreed with the Prison Staff Association and the Public Service Commission. Any other story is simply fiction. The Minister’s own previous statements in House of Assembly support this view. It is simply tiresome that almost three years after coming to office, the Minister can only find comfort in propaganda as a substitute for the failures of the FNM administration in the Public Service and other areas of public life in The Bahamas. © Copyright 2010 by thebahamasweekly.com - |
