If Free National Movement (FNM) MPs vote against the privatization of the Bahamas Telecomunications Company (BTC), an election would be called to allow Bahamians to decide on the matter, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said yesterday.
"That is our policy," Ingraham told reporters following a tour of the new treasury building on East Street yesterday.
The sale of a 51 percent stake of BTC to Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) requires parliamentary approval.
Debate on the issue is expected to begin in the House of Assembly on Monday. At the end of debate parliamentarians will vote on whether the sale should go forward.
Over the past several months the pending sale has created much controve ...

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