Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a statement by the Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration:
In the House of Assembly yesterday, I raised on a point of privilege
certain allegations published under the name Robert F Kennedy Jr. about
Ministers of the Bahamas Government of which I am one.
The allegations were denounced in the House as false in every material
particular.
They give rise in my view to defamatory allegations and attorneys
are being instructed with regard to them.
The matter has been referred to the Committee on Privileges of
The House for further investigation.
In the house, I indicated that this arises from allegations made
that the organization which calls itself Save The Bays is being funded by monies
from a foreign national designed to destabilize the government of The Bahamas. The
Committee has an obligation to follow the money trail and see what the real
objectives of Save The Bays are.
