Tuesday, December 10, 2024
By EARYEL BOWLEG
Tribune Staff Reporter
ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
ST Anne’s MP Adrian White denied playing a role in helping FNM deputy leader Shanendon Cartwright throw the Speaker’s mace out of a House of Assembly window last week.
As FNM supporters sang the national anthem outside the House of Assembly last Wednesday, Mr White visited the window, briefly perplexing elected officials. Later, Mr Cartwright threw the Speaker’s mace out of that window, raising questions about whether Mr White helped him succeed.
During a guest appearance on the radio show ‘The Final Word’ with Ortland Bodie yesterday, Mr White said the window was already opened.
“I opened the curtain,” he said. “So I pulled the curtain back. I didn’t touch the glass or wood at any time. That’s a heavy-duty window.”
Mr White said senior police officers handled opposition MPs “unreasonably” after they refused to leave the chamber.
“The police will seek to claim that we weren’t detained, but we were put into the back of Central Police Station behind the entrance, behind the police booth in a secured area in an office building, with two chairs and we remained there for approximately 15 minutes to a half an hour,” he said.
“We couldn’t leave. We were detained, and no reason was given for our detention.”
As officers shoved opposition MPs outside the House, Mr White said he feared being thrown down the stairs.
“At that point, my body, essentially, in terms of having control over which direction and where I was going had been disabled,” he said. “The only thing that I was able to do was to try to keep treading as much of the floor as I could make contact with.”
Comments
birdiestrachan says...
He could have walked out of the house. IT SEEMS they had it planned is it usual for him to fix papers then walk to the windows it is every body fault not these they talked about freedom of speech but they banged on the desk when Mr Davis tried to speak I do not know if the member for fox hill was there but WHITE said he was they are all just little school boys . Rude So the next time a student disagrees with the teacher throw the blackboard out of the class room who opened the windows white
Posted 10 December 2024, 9:33 a.m. Suggest removal
truetruebahamian says...
Twit
Posted 10 December 2024, 8:46 p.m. Suggest removal
trueBahamian says...
Smh! Isn't the real issue corruption? There's a huge case in the US and you complaining about disrupting the PM? Lol. You can't be serious birdie!
Posted 10 December 2024, 7:27 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
Any comment fron Birdie can be automatically discounted. It is not real but a paid plipplop troll in action earning his stipend.
Posted 10 December 2024, 8:20 p.m. Suggest removal
buddah17 says...
So sad that the people of The Bahamas ridicule people trying to make the country better, yet honor the corrupt members of our government....
Posted 11 December 2024, 6:44 a.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
The Bahamian sport of “Tossing The Mace”, .
Can cause those who govern to “lose face”. .
Whether Shades of blue, or shades of red, .
The cause lies on the Speaker’s head. .
No longer a thing of Black or White, .
Flag waving Adrian doin’ what’s right. .
The Speaker should show no bias at all, .
Otherwise that government might just fall. .
Posted 11 December 2024, 7:43 a.m. Suggest removal
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