The Tribune

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

FNM Deputy Leader Loretta Butler Turner questioned yesterday why Acting Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis was not given the same security detail as Prime Minister Perry Christie.

Speaking with The Tribune, Mrs Butler Turner said she, along with the entire nation, were shocked to learn that Mr and Mrs Davis were accosted in their own home.

She said it brings into question why Mr Davis, who is serving as Prime Minster while Mr Christie is out the country, did not have the “large security” that comes along with that office.

“We are all concerned, the entire nation, about the level of crime in this country, but when you see a person in his position, the Head of State, being robbed it suggests a breach of security. It takes you back to what he said when his aide was accosted a few months back when his aide was attacked ‘no one is safe’,” she said.

“Why was he not afforded the large security regime that the Prime Minister has? I have an issue with this. Why was the security detail not in place? Reports are that someone was there, but it was a chauffeur and he was gun butted. Mr Davis should have had the full government detail.”

In a statement FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said he hopes the police will release all the details on this incident.

“All of the facts about today’s (Monday’s) events are not yet known. Consequently, it will not be prudent for us to speculate on the crime and the likely perpetrators until most or all of the facts are known.

“Even after listening to the preliminary press reports from the briefing by the Commissioner of Police, there are dozens of unanswered questions about why and how these shocking events occurred or were permitted to occur. I fully expect that in the coming hours and days the Minister of National Security and the Commissioner of Police will provide me—and the members of the general public—with a full and detailed report of all the relevant details of the attack on Mr. Davis’s home. The people’s right to know must be respected. An attack on the Acting Prime Minister is something that I am confident none of them will take lightly. I further expect that leaders of the national security team will understand the strong desire on the part of the public to be informed about all the details of what transpired.”

Both Dr Minnis and Mrs Butler Turner said their thoughts and prayers are with the Acting Prime Minster, his wife, driver and their families in the aftermath of this most shocking and unsettling crime.