PLP national chairman Raynard Rigby said yesterday that the FNM is attempting to inspire hysteria by continuing to “destructively twist the absolute exoneration” of Bradley Roberts, the Minister of Works and Utilities.
Last week it was announced that a woman who had accused Mr. Roberts of raping her in her Marathon home last December had withdrawn the allegation.
Following the Attornmey General’s announcement that no prosecution would take place, the president of the Grand Bahama Human Rights Association Frederick Smith called for immediate resignation of the Prime Minister and his Cabinet ministers.
“The PLP has been fighting for the rights of the individual and for the rights of women for more than half a century and will not be lectured by some one who has shown himself to be a summer and part-time soldier in the campaign for human rights,” responded Mr. Rigby.
Mr. Rigby added that it is “utter nonsense” that a well-known person be thrown into a cell once an allegation is made against him or her, just to demonstrate that he is no different than an ordinary citizen.
Source: Paul G. Turnquest, The Tribune
