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And while the Prime Minister dismissively quipped that he expects all will be alright between the judiciary and the executive, he wouldn’t say the same for his party’s executive and Mayor Zenaida Moya. She’s been cast out of the National Party Council and faces the very real threat of expulsion from the party. The only person who’s come publicly to her aid is the party whip Michael Finnegan. He told us on Wednesday that he will seek healing between the party and Ms. Moya who he does not feel should be expelled. He said he will seek a private meeting with the Prime Minister – who told us he is willing to listen but will not be easily be convinced.

Jules Vasquez,
“Honourable Finnegan, a senior Minister in your government had indicated that he wanted to act as a healer in the rift that has emerged between Mayor Zenaida Moya and the National Party Council.”

Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
“I think to call it is a rift is a mis-description but responding to what Finnegan said, look, Finnegan is a senior leader of the party, a senior member of the Cabinet, as you know a great personal friend of mine. I understood him to say that he wants to speak with me and of course that is his right. It is my duty to entertain him to countenance and I can tell you that in terms of the subject he wishes to raise, I don’t know that talking to me will make much more difference. But I am saying that I am happy to entertain my friend and my colleague. I of course feel very strongly that what the National Party Council did was the correct thing. So as I said I look forward to the discussion with my friend and colleague but I really don’t think it will make any difference.”