And it seems "that's" also "that" for National Security minister John Saldivar. In spite of the video that went viral on facebook, and went on the news on Friday - showing him telling police to back off one of his gun wielding supporters. While we showed you him saying, "back off now," today, the Prime Minister had a very different version of that event:...
Jules Vasquez
"He restrained or he directed officers not to make an arrest of one of his supporters who by all indications had discharged a firearm in public. Is that something that you wade in re-assigning him to the Ministry of National Security?"
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"No sir. I don't know that he did any such thing. It is clear from what I saw that he did speak to the police. But to go from there to an assertion that he directed them not to arrest the gentleman is bit of a stretch. I was satisfied with the explanation that he gave me that this was while clearly something that was wrong and in fact illegal for this person to fire a shot or shots in the air in celebration. That if he had not intervene, because he did, I just do not concede that he directed the police. If he had not as I think he conceded ask the police 'look man, if you are going to arrest the man, can you do it tomorrow, you will provoke an incident out here.' I am satisfied that that was fine. In all the circumstances, the incidents is regrettable, but not anything that would have caused me to think twice about re-appointing John Saldivar to that ministry."
CEO George Lovell is still the CEO of National Security.
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