PLP urges deputy PM to assist arrested straw vendors

Wed, Sep 22nd 2010, 08:00 PM

By STAFFâ WRITER
Guardian News Desk

The Progressive Liberal Party(PLP)has accused Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette of being less than helpful in the effort to assist a group of straw vendors in custody in the United States, accused of conspiracy to traffic counterfeit goods.
"A minister of foreign affairs cannot come off as politically impotent in their situation. When its citizens are in trouble, they expect that the government will come to their assistance,"said the PLP in a statement released yesterday.
Roshanda Rolle, Gayle Rolle, Marva Ferguson, Marvette Ferguson, Patricia Hanna, Shamone Thompson, Margaret Pierre, Judy Duncombe and Tracy Davishave been charged with cons ...

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