PRIME MINISTER LAYS OUT HOW MINISTER ARE TO ACT

Prime Minister Philip Davis gave a press conference on Thursday 7 April 2022 which covered a number of subjects.  The press conference was mainly held to deal with matters on crime and the government’s plan to fight crime. He  was asked though about the comments of his Minister of National Security on the sentencing of a man for raping a 14 year old girl.  The Minister gave the impression that the sentence of four years which outraged the community was too severe in the circumstances of the case.  The Minister Wayne Munroe is a former defence attorney. The Prime Minister said that  the minister had walked the statement back. In the circumstances that what the Minister did, did not require his resignation,.  That Ministers have to learn the lesson that they must be careful how they  outline their personal opinions in public.  We hope that is the end of that. We hope that PLP officials will stop commenting on it.