BAHAMAS Public Services Union president John Pinder yesterday threatened to unseat Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell if he makes “one more brazen remark” against him in the House of Assembly.
Mr Pinder was hitting back at comments Mr Mitchell made in the House last Wednesday with regard to the BPSU demonstration led by him.
“If Mr Mitchell makes one more brazen remark against me in parliament he would have committed political suicide. I will ensure that he loses his seat in Fox Hill, whether that involves me running against him or campaigning against him. I will make sure he loses his seat,” Mr Pinder said.
The minister yesterday replied that Mr Pinder should stand by for his response in the House of Assembly on Wednesday because, as he said, “not only one woman born a crazy child.”
“The public must be assured that notwithstanding anything Mr Pinder does, I am not going to be drawn into some personal tit-for-tat with him.
“We both have a larger duty to the public service and to the Bahamian public to ensure that
there is a stable public service: The future of public servants is not some horse of convenience to be ridden for one’s personal ambitions,” he said.
Mr Mitchell in parliament last week responded to a demonstration of about 300 BPSU members and supporters in front of the House of Assembly.
By RUPERT MISSICK Jr, Tribune Chief Reporter
