And the PUP's also say that the media were wrongfully removed. As we've shown you, the police pushed out the media, and dragged out our news News Director Jules Vasquez on his back. Jules's position was that the police don't have the authority to eject the press - only the Speaker does, and we certainly weren't going to go quietly so that the cops could then eject Julius Espat without having the press witness that piece of history. Today - perhaps not surprisingly - the PUP sided with the media:...
Hon. Kareem Musa, PUP - Caribbean Shores
"Because the speaker before leaving his chair did not clear the media from the gallery and so the police officers, I don't know whose instructions they were acting on, then acted unlawfully. Because Jules Vasquez is right. He had all right to be where he was recording history."
Hon. John Briceno, Leader of the Opposition - PUP
"Let me as the Leader of the Opposition condemn the disgraceful and abusive treatment of the media by the authorities at last Friday's meeting. The national assembly is the people's house. It is the place where we conduct the business of the nation, so to have the media thrown out is such a violent manner was wrong. There is no doubt it was clearly an intentional act designed by the UDP to cover up the UDP's disgusting and illegal behavior which transpired after the media was forcibly removed from the national assembly."
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