There are no plans to remove the recently implemented fee on plastic bags, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis suggested yesterday, adding that if the policy means losing the next election then so be it. “That’s a matter that will be further discussed but I’ve always said [a]nd on record and you quote me, I would always prefer to lose an election than losing a country,” Minnis said at the Baha Mar Convention Centre. “That’s my position. I feel that a country and [the] future generation is more important. I prefer to lose an election than lose a future generation and a country. But, I take things into consideration.” The prime minister was responding to comments made by Super Value owner Rupert Roberts, who said the government should abolish the fee on plastic bags. Roberts warned that public anger over the issue could follow the Minnis administration “into the ballot box”.

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