Senior members of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) orchestrated the recent demonstration against the sale of 51 percent of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and some protesters were promised $85 to participate, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes said yesterday in the Senate.
A war of words erupted between Foulkes and opposition Senate leader Allyson Maynard-Gibson when he made the remarks. Foulkes is government leader in the Senate.
“I stand by my assertion that the Progressive Liberal Party and its members, including its leadership, which I saw, helped to orchestrate that demonstration,” Foulkes said during his contribution to the mid-year budget debate.
He claimed t ...Senior members of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) orchestrated the recent demonstration against the sale of 51 percent of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and some protesters were promised $85 to participate, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes said yesterday in the Senate.
A war of words erupted between Foulkes and opposition Senate leader Allyson Maynard-Gibson when he made the remarks. Foulkes is government leader in the Senate.
“I stand by my assertion that the Progressive Liberal Party and its members, including its leadership, which I saw, helped to orchestrate that demonstration,” Foulkes said during his contribution to the mid-year budget debate.
He claimed t ...

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