PM: I bought a car too ...defends ministers on exemptions issue, blasts media and Opposition by Terrence Deyalsingh, Minister of Health. The Opposition and the media took some heat on Saturday, as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley blasted both for keeping the argument over tax exemptions for ministers’ vehicles alive. Rowley defended his ministers’ right to purchase vehicles using such exemptions, saying it was part of the agreed terms and conditions of their job arrangements.