Minister wants FNM to apologise

Thu, Aug 29th 2013, 08:00 PM

 

DESPITE yesterday’s calls for the prosecution of Defence Force officers responsible for a brutal assault on Cuban detainees – and demands for his own resignation – Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell failed to address the confession of four marines and the publication of evidence implicating several others.
Instead, Mr Mitchell remained silent until 4pm yesterday when he issued a long statement which, after digressing into an attack on his predecessor Brent Symonette, blamed the FNM for the leak of documents and called on the opposition party to apologise...

DESPITE yesterday’s calls for the prosecution of Defence Force officers responsible for a brutal assault on Cuban detainees – and demands for his own resignation – Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell failed to address the confession of four marines and the publication of evidence implicating several others.

Instead, Mr Mitchell remained silent until 4pm yesterday when he issued a long statement which, after digressing into an attack on his predecessor Brent Symonette, blamed the FNM for the leak of documents and called on the opposition party to apologise...

 

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