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THE leader of the Progressive Liberal Party has urged the Minnis administration to stop “pointing fingers” when it comes to the oil exploration deal and potential royalties left in place by a previous PLP government.
As he responded to Attorney General Carl Bethel’s criticism of those royalties, Philip “Brave” Davis told the government to renegotiate the royalty scale if officials see fit and insisted that the agreement by a former PLP administration conformed to the statutory regime at the time.
Attorney General Carl Bethel.
In the Senate on Monday, Mr Bethel announced the government’s intention to renegotiate the scale of royalty fees if commercial quantities of oil are found in the country.
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MEMBERS of the Rastafarian community are cautiously optimistic about Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ promise that the government will start expunging the records of people convicted for the possession of small amounts of marijuana next year.
“The Prime Minister said. he will start dealing with the process of drafting bills for the legalisation of marijuana through the Attorney General’s Office,” Priest Rithmond McKinney, royal ambassador for the Ethiopian African Black International Congress, said. “So, we humbly await until next (year).”
Asked if he is confident the Prime Minister will start the process early next year – allowing Rastafarians to enjoy their sacraments without question – he seemed cautious.