The Tribune

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

FNM CHAIRMAN Darron Cash yesterday criticised Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells for choosing to “break his silence” on the Stellar Waste to Management letter of intent controversy during a time when the nation is in mourning.

Speaking with The Tribune, Mr Cash said while he “shares the pain and sense of loss” experienced by Mr Wells, now is “not the time for this issue, especially when Mr Wells had months to speak up” on the controversy and chose not to.

Mr Wells told The Nassau Guardian on Tuesday that Pastor Myles Munroe, who died in a plane crash with eight others on Sunday, urged him to “accept total responsibility” for his actions.

He said he signed the $600 million LOI for the “good of the people”.

Mr Cash said now is a time for “quiet reflection and remembrance” not for Mr Wells to attempt to distract the Bahamian people with his “fiasco”.

“I, with thousands of Bahamians are mourning the death of a beloved Bahamian treasure and the disciples that he cultivated within his church. We feel the pain associated with that loss. These should be days for quiet reflection and remembrance of the great contributions that Pastor Myles and others have made,” he said.

“I have taken note of the comments made by former Parliamentary Secretary Renward Wells within the context of Dr Myles’ passing and the advice given to him by Pastor Myles as it relates to the Letter of Intent (LOI) with Stellar Waste to Energy. Reading his comments I cannot help but feel a sense of hurt and anger that this precious moment would be sullied by the remembrance of Stellar Waste to Energy. In many respects, I am offended that now is the moment Mr Wells has chosen to break his silence.

“I suspect that for me and many Bahamians, Stellar was an enormous distraction and in the midst of this sombre moment, a moment to remember a great man, we are once again distracted by Mr Wells,” Mr Cash said. “We share his pain and sense of loss, but this is not the time for this discussion.”

Mr Cash said despite Mr Wells accepting “responsibility for his actions” only three words come to mind – “not good enough.”

In mid-October Prime Minister Perry Christie fired Mr Wells from his post of parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Works and Urban Development following months of controversy sparked by his reportedly unauthorised signature on a $650 million letter of intent with a waste-to-energy company in July.

Mr Christie has repeatedly said he hoped Mr Wells would tell the nation what prompted him to sign the document.