The Tribune

PLP Senator Keith Bell, Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, has denied a statement by a letter writer that while a ranking police officer he met regularly with then PLP Opposition Leader Perry Christie at his home, “presumably serving as informant and message carrier for that political party”.

On October 28, Kirkland Turner, in a letter to The Tribune, wrote: “Bell recently accused the PSA of being a tool of the FNM. I do not know whether the Police Staff Association President (PSA) is a supporter of the FNM or whether he is in contact with that Party’s leadership. Of course if he is I would note that it is his right to support whichever political group he pleases much as Mr. Bell did when he served as a senior police officer. Indeed, it was public knowledge that Mr. Bell, while a high ranking police officer, met regularly with PLP Party leader Perry Christie at his home, presumably serving as informant and message carrier for that political party.”

In a letter to the Editor, asking for a retraction of this statement, Mr Bell said: “This statement is clearly untrue as I never met with Mr Christie at his house nor was I an informant of any political party.”