The last ten years have not been easy, but the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) did it against the odds, says Prime Minister Freundel Stuart.
Endorsing DLP candidate Minister of Labour Dr Esther Byer Suckoo during a St George South political meeting at Ellerton Primary School last night, Stuart said not only did the DLP “walk right into” a global economic meltdown, but it inherited at least three large-scale debts from the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), one of which was due this month.
“For the last ten years we have been having to deal with crisis conditions,” he told the party faithful. “This is not an easy wicket on which to bat but we have been batting on it.”
He noted Government had had to “look for $30 million to pay for a prison we didn’t build” after rioting inmates torched Glendairy Prison.
Stressing he was not being critical of the Dodds Prison, the Prime Minister, however, said no one “has said up to now” whether it had been possible to restore or rebuild Glendairy while housing inmates at either the temporary prison at Six Roads, St Philip, or at Harrison Point, St Lucy. (HLE)
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