PLP calls for Turnquest to be fired over crime record

Mon, Jan 10th 2011, 10:00 PM

By CELESTE NIXON

Tribune Staff Reporter

cnixon@tribunemedia.net

WITH three murders already reported this year, the opposition has attacked government's "poor crime record" and called for Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest to be fired.

In a press statement released yesterday, PLP chairman Bradley Roberts accused the government of failing to reduce crime and protect Bahamian families from escalating violence and record levels of murder.

Mr Roberts also condemned Mr Turnquest's capability as head of national security for the country.

The statement comes after Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette unveiled government's plan to invest $8.5 million in the fight ...

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