Former Minister of Immigration Brent Symonette yesterday dismissed concerns surrounding a conversation he said he had with the prime minister about renting the Town Centre Mall as a ‘red herring’ and suggested he has nothing more to say about that conversation, while insisting he has been nothing but truthful and transparent about the matter.

Asked if he regrets agreeing to rent the Town Centre Mall to the government given the storm of controversy that has erupted, Symonette said no answer he gives is likely to satisfy his critics.

“If I say I don’t then someone will say I’m smug,” he said.

“…The real issue was the post office was in a terrible state of habitation. John Pinder and his union were protesting. The people there were not working nine to five. The mail wasn’t getting delivered.

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