I maintain that the entire Christie Cabinet needs to resign.................. immediately

Yes. If something were to happen to Mr Christie at any minute now, look at who would be PM, this is untenable

No one automatically becomes PM in our system if the PM can no longer serve. The Deputy does not automatically become PM in the event the PM can no longer serve or is voted down in Parliament. That is the US system, not ours.

Correct, the DPM would only become leader of his party not PM!

Davis would only become leader of the PLP not as PM.

See Ya, Comrade Renard but it's highly unlikely the PM would actually try to force his Bamboo Town MP to resign his seat to face-off in all probability in what has all the earmarks of turning into the most unpredictable of all by elections in Bahamaland's electoral history. Not even Minnis is demanding a Bamboo Town by election and with good political reason. Since we're on the subject of leaders ducking by elections, the funny thing is that despite Marsh Harbour's MP Edison having repeatedly broken ranks with his party's leader and his fellow House of Assembly MP's, the red shirts leader Minnis shoulders the same fear of voters unpredictability should the PM be forced to call a by election for Comrade Edison's House seat. Comrades who in the political arena just a week or so ago could have foreseen this scandal a arriving on the laps of the governing party? But is this Tribune resignation today for Comrade Renard story even accurate?

When Edison does something to breach policies and procedures for good conduct I'm quite certain Dr Minnis will ask for his resignation, just as he did for Bostwick.unti thorn, it's just Renward in the spotlight

Wells is just the fall guy here for that little pudgy Davis fella with the short stubby grubby sticky fingers. I suspect Davis has assured Wells that he will be taken care of, but only if he takes the dive for Davis now. But Wells should know that the public knows full well that it is Davis who should be resigning were it not for Christie's lamed brain daftness in continuing to let him serve as deputy PM and also as a cabinet minister. Once again, the root cause of our problems here is not Wells or Davis....IT'S CHRISTIE!

Well I'll me damned,
is Christie about to do the right thing?
If he does there is a list of those who should follow,
in fact like Dominoes!
Ending w/ double sixes of course!

Comrade This Is Ours i guess you and I differ greatly on what constitutes betrayal? So, I should be the one to remind you, it was your reds Comrade leader Minnis who stood up in the House of Assembly, later to go before the media to proclaim, how PM Christie's 2014/15 budget was a betrayal of every hope and expectation of Bahamaland's poor people to announce ALL of his MP's were united and would vote against the government's budget. Minnis promised the poor peoples how he and ALL his MP's will stand united with the poor and vote no to this heartless tax and spend budget. But Marsh Harbour's MP Edison, plus one more red House MP, did not stand up in the House united alongside their leader Minnis, when it was their time to stand up to vote for the poor? Can it get any more embarrassing for Minnis? Maybe I'll push the "betrayal" envelope to get your reaction?

Lost...betrayal? I thought this was about Renward acting in a capacity for which he was not officially authorized. I'm not sure he betrayed anybody...

Wells is expected to resign? This would be totally contrary to how the PLP operates. Don't believe it until it actually happens.

Lol. My sentiments exactly!!!

well honestman - you hit this one on the head!

Can you tell me the next lottery numbers please?

Comrade Reporter Ava Turnquest should have known better than to have "trusted" a PLP source, by not recognizing a PLP planted story to help nudge Bamboo Town's Renard into doing what he has told the PM and DPM - that they can fire him but he has no intention to resign. I have a message for all Tribune reporters, if ya last name is Wells and you is the MP for Bamboo Town, you ain't go'in be no pushover. If your name is Bran you too don't just quit being Bamboo Town's MP. History shows that a MP from Bamboo are MP's unlike one from any other constituency.

Renward Wells is waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy in over his head .................. SMT. He may be the weak link in the PLP armour

Get a life Tribune......Darren Cash CANNOT be considered "a well-placed source close to the matter"

This is the second consecutive time the Tribune has embarrassed itself with this headline that turned out not to be true. Plus, any resignation of his would only be of his post given to him by the Prime Minister, not his seat in Parliament. He does not need to announce such a thing in Parliament. The Prime Minister announces it to the country, not him. The Tribune should know this. And what the Tribune should also know is removal from an appointed office is not a choice. If your resignation is requested and you refuse, you are automatically fired. You dont get to go home and think about whether you want to step down. Who told the Tribune or the Guardian that the Prime Minister in fact ever did ask him to resign? The Prime Minister never told the country he did any such thing. The newspapers, quoting sources that are blowing up in their faces, told the country that. The Tribune made itself sound like a cheap tabloid with the wording of its update (excuse) to this story.

Good point

Both the tribune and the Guardian have now published stories stating that the PM has in fact asked for the resignation of Mr. Wells, even as the PM himself has remained publicly quiet on this matter. Is the reporting of both newspapers inaccurate? Is the PM’s silence evidence that he did not ask for the resignation?....... we really do not know. What is known is that Mr. Wells, by his own admission, signed a letter of intent (LOI) for a $600 million dollar contract (3 times the amount of the BTC deal). What is known, by admissions from the PM and DPM, is that neither the PM, the DPM or the Cabinet expressedly approved or authorized Mr. Wells to sign this LOI. What is known is that the PM and DPM have stated that they were not even aware that this LOI was indeed signed by Mr. Wells. What is known is that the stated government policy is that it would not consider any waste to energy proposals until after the conclusion of the BEC reform initiative. What is known is that the party to this LOI has been eliminated from the BEC reform tender process. What is known is that the government has entered into a joint venture with Renew Bahamas for landfill management and remediation which intends to use the same waste stream that is contemplated by this LOI. What is known is that the BEC chairman has stated that to produce 1 MW of power it now cost BEC $1 million as opposed to the $6,250,000 per MW of power under the plan contained in the LOI. As I see it there are at least two issues. The first is the accuracy of the reporting which we should be debating. The second which in my mind is much more substantive is notwithstanding the reporting and given the facts above, as the leader of our government are you satisfied with the response of the PM to this issue to date? The real substantive question is not the accuracy of the reporting of “if” the PM has requested Mr. Wells’s resignation but rather “ought” he to request Mr. Wells’s resignation, given the facts.